2004-009-FA (CMHRP activity #1888)

Field Activity 2004-009-FA

Identifier

2004-009-FA

Purpose

Sea floor habitat studies and mapping.

Location

Hudson Canyon head, New York Bight, New York, New Jersey, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

Total of 49 geological stations; 30 Van Veen sediment samples; 37 video transects; 49 photo stations; 65 biological stations. Beam trawl, otter trawl and CTD stations by NMFS.

Info derived

Grain size analysis; Habitat maps;

Comments

Mobe in Woods Hole on Friday, August 20th; demobe in Woods Hole on Friday AM, Sep. 3rd. Project = New Jersey shelf habitats, New Jersey shelf habitats Information from Foghorn: SEABOSS video/photo/sampler; P-code; Other equipment: Biological samplers: otter trawls, beam trawls, CTD

Platform

Delaware II

Length: 155 ft (47 m); Beam: 30 ft 2 in (9.19 m).

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	2004-08-23
End	Woods Hole, MA	2004-09-03
Days in the field	12

Bounds

West	-71.7712506
East	-71.32049561
North	39.72408851
South	39.41096886

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

384 Woods Hole Road

Quissett Campus

Woods Hole, MA02543-1598

(508) 548-8700

Principal investigators

Page C Valentine

Crew members

Page C Valentine	Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Page C Valentine

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

Vince Guida, NOAA Fisheries, Sandy Hook, NJ

Affiliate staff

NOAA Fisheries, Vince Guida

Data types and categories

Data category:	Biological Field Study, Environmental Data, Imagery, Sampling, Visual Identification, Location-Elevation
Data type:	Experiments (biological), Surveys (biological), CTD, Photo, Video, Biology, Geology, Species ID, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl	CTD	(no data reported)
Trawl	Biology	(no data reported)
SeaBOSS	Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology	1
Digital camera	Photo	1
P-code GPS	Navigation	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
2004-009-FA-SC-001	SeaBOSS	grab samples	Brian Buczkowski
2004-009-FA-PH-002	Digital camera	Deck photos of field activity operations	Dann S Blackwood