1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2012-035-FA

Identifier 2012-035-FA
Alternate names 12035
Purpose Sediment Grab Samples and Seafloor Photography/Video
Location Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;,
Summary Sampling survey on the EPA's OSV Bold using the InterOcean-configuration SEABOSS. 350 sites were occupied to collect sediment samples, video and/or photos aboard the EPA OSV BOLD
Info derived Grain size analysis;Sea floor map;
Comments Project = MCZM/B. Bay & Vineyard Sound,
URL
Platform
OSV Bold
Length 224 feet; draft 15 feet.
Itinerary
Start Boston 2012-08-21
End Boston 2012-08-27
Days in the field 7
Bounds
West -70.9167
East -70.04883
North 42.69859
South 41.82864

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Seth Ackerman
Crew members
Dann S Blackwood
Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Seth Ackerman
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Dan Sampson, Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management
Affiliate staff Katherine Yee (USGS) Mike Bastoni (MassDOT) Marcel Belaval (U.S. EPA) Bob Boeri (MassCZM) Marc Carullo (MassCZM) Lisa Engler (Mass Bay Program) Tay Evans (MassDMF) Chris Garby (MassCZM) Emily Huntley (MassCZM) Julia Knisel (MassCZM) Regina Lyons (U.S. EPA) Stephen Perkins (U.S. EPA) Jim Sprague (MassDEP) Brendan Sprague (MassCZM intern) Alex Strysky (MassDEP) Steve Voss (MassDMF)

Data types and categories

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

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise log Acquisition log maintained during field activity 2012-035-FA by the U.S. Geological Survey and Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management in Ipswich Bay and Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, in August 2012 (Excel spreadsheet)

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Osprey camera system Kongsberg Simrad OE1365 video camera Photo, Video 1
Canon G12 Photo 1
Garmin GPS 76 Garmin GPSMAP 76CSx receiver Navigation 1
SeaBOSS Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2012-035-FA_videos Osprey camera system Location of bottom video tracklines collected during field activity 2012-035-FA by the U.S. Geological Survey and Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management in Ipswich Bay and Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, in August 2012 Seth Ackerman
2012-035-FA_photos Canon G12 Location of bottom still imagery along with images collected during field activity 2012-035-FA by the U.S. Geological Survey and Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management in Ipswich Bay and Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, in August 2012. There are a few frame grab images from the video system. Seth Ackerman
2012-035-FA_nav Garmin GPS 76 Text files of the navigation logged during field activity 2012-035-FA by the U.S. Geological Survey and Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management in Ipswich Bay and Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, in August 2012 Seth Ackerman
2012-035-FA_samples SeaBOSS Location and analysis of sediment samples collected during field activity 2012-035-FA by the U.S. Geological Survey and Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management in Ipswich Bay and Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, in August 2012 Seth Ackerman

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity