Field Activity F0113MC

Identifier F0113MC
Alternate names F-01-13-MC
Purpose mooring recovery of deep sea mooring sediment trap
Description United States Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center,National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,University of North Carolina Wilmington,Florida State University,Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research. Chief Scientist: Nancy Prouty. Mooring recovery data of field activity F-01-13-MC in Mid Atlantic Canyons (Norfolk and Baltimore Canyons) from 08/21/2013 to 08/28/2013
Location Mid Atlantic Canyons (Norfolk and Baltimore Canyons)
Info derived sediment transport in deep sea coral communities of the Mid-Atlantic region
Comments Mooring recovery of deep sea mooring sediment trap Staff information imported from InfoBank Olivia Cheriton Jonathan Borden
Projects
Platform
Nancy Foster
Length 187 feet; beam 40 feet; draft 12.8 feet.
Itinerary
Start Charleston, SC 2013-08-21
End Charleston, SC 2013-08-28
Bounds
West -77.25
East -65.25
North 41.75
South 34.25
Activity mooring recovery

Personnel

Organization
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Organization
Florida State University
, FL
Organization
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA)
Organization
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research(NIOZ)
Organization
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Wilmington, NC
Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Nancy G Prouty
Crew members
Olivia Cheriton
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Olivia Cheriton
Specialist, Information
Nancy G Prouty
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling, Time Series
Data type: Geology, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
tripod Mooring (physical oceanography) (no data reported)
samples Biology, Chemistry, Geology 1

Datasets


Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Sediment trap and water column chemistry, Baltimore Canyon, U.S. Mid-Atlantic Bight samples Time-series of sediment chemistry, including organic biomarker composition and bulk inorganic geochemical analytes, from samples collected over a one-year period in a sediment trap. The sediment traps were deployed at a depth between 603 m to 1318 m, and they were programmed to rotate a 250 mL sample bottle at 30 d intervals, delivering 12 samples during the 1-year deployment between August 2012 and June 2013. In addition, dissolved water column nutrient concentrations and water column trace element particulate concentrations were collected in Baltimore Canyon on the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Bight (MAB). Nancy G Prouty

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity