2008-006-FA (CMHRP activity #2088)

Field Activity 2008-006-FA

Identifier

2008-006-FA

Alternate names

NMFS HB0806; B-1-08-GK

Purpose

Georges Bank habitat studies and seabed mapping.

Location

Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic,

Summary

SEABOSS video/photo stations: 138; bottom temp stations: 138; sediment samples: 4; invasive tunicate Didemnum vexillum samples: 1. Additional otter trawl and bottom dredge samples taken for biological analysis collected and curated by Jeremy Collie, University of Rhode island.

Info derived

Reports; maps

Comments

Mobe will begin on Monday, Aug. 11 at the Navy base in Newport, Rhode Island. Ship returns to Newport on Tuesday morning, Aug. 26. Original Center People field contained: At sea: Page Valentine, Dann Blackwood; Mobe/demobe: PJ Bernard, Barry Irwin. Project = Benthic Habitats: Geological and Biological Studies, Benthic Habitats: Geological and Biological Studies

Platform

Henry B Bigelow

Length 209 feet; beam 49.2 feet; draft 19.4 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Newport Naval Base, RI	2008-08-13
End	Newport Naval Base, RI	2008-08-26
Days in the field	14

Bounds

West	-67.85
East	-66.3
North	42.2
South	41.65

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
Philip J Bernard	Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Page C Valentine

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

Vince Guida, NMFS, Sandy Hook, NJ; Jeremy Collie, URI

Affiliate staff

NOAA: Vince Guida; URI: Jeremy Collie, Nicole Lengyel

Data types and categories

Data category:	Environmental Data, Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type:	CTD, Photo, Video, Navigation, Biology, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Trawl	Biology	1
Dredge	Biology, Geology	2
CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl	CTD	(no data reported)
SeaBOSS	Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology	1
Digital camera	Photo	1
GPS (wh)	Navigation	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
2008-006-FA-SC-003	Trawl	Additional otter trawl and bottom dredge samples for biological analysis.	PARTNER
2008-006-FA-SC-002	Dredge	Invasive tunicate Didemnum vexillum samples: 1.	Page C Valentine
2008-006-FA-SC-002-01	Dredge	D. vexillum sample identification	PARTNER
2008-006-FA-NL-001	SeaBOSS	Logs for CAMERA,	Nancy K. Soderberg
2008-006-FA-PH-002	Digital camera	Deck photos: 292 deck photos of crew, equipment, processes, biological trawl catch, scenery, etc. by D. Blackwood.	Dann S Blackwood