1983-015-FA (CMHRP activity #821)

Field Activity 1983-015-FA

Identifier

1983-015-FA

Alternate names

142; BTF M-10; BLM M-10

Purpose

Biological Task Force (BTF) monitoring cruise.

Location

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

Summary

Rocking Chair Dredge samples: 36; Van Veen grab samples: 37.

Comments

No post-cruise report found; information derived from WHSC pre-cruise report and WHOI cruise report. Project = Biological Task Force (BTF) Georges Bank Monitoring Program, Biological Task Force (BTF) Georges Bank Monitoring Program

Platform

Oceanus

Length 177 feet; beam 33 feet; draft 17.5 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	1983-11-13
End	Woods Hole, MA	1983-11-19
Days in the field	7

Bounds

West	-71.08769369
East	-66.66009691
North	41.30348821
South	40.29814876

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

Richard R Rendigs

Crew members

Richard R Rendigs	Scientist, Staff
Parmenter, Carol M.	Scientist, Staff

Affiliate principal

George Hampson - WHOI; Rosemarie Petrecca - WHOI

Affiliate staff

Rose Petrecca - WHOI (Cruise Coordinator); Paul Banas - Battelle; James Campbell -- Battelle; Sandra Freitas - Battelle; Timothy Owens - Battelle; Randy Simms - Science Applications Inc. (SAI); Robin Robertson - SAI; Andrew Eliason - Eliason Data Service; William Johnson - Eliason Data Service; Eigi Imamura - visiting investigator, USGS

Data types and categories

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

Documents: Notes and log books

Name	Description
Cruise report	Minimal cruise report (WHOI Data Library cruise summary and USGS pre-cruise notice) indicating objectives, equipment, and USGS personnel.

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Rocking Chair Dredge	Geology	1
Grab sampler	Biology, Geology	(no data reported)
Camera- deep sea	Photo	(no data reported)
XBT	Temperature	(no data reported)
Loran-C	Navigation	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1983-015-FA-SC-001	Rocking Chair Dredge	DREDGE samples	Brian Buczkowski
1983-015-FA-LN-001	Loran-C	Digital tape(s) of NV, NV-FINAL, NV-NSTAR,	Nancy K. Soderberg