Field Activity 1984-034-FA

Identifier 1984-034-FA
Purpose Map tilefish burrows.
Location Cape Canaveral, Florida east coast, United States, North Atlantic;
Summary Sidescan sonar data were collected at the Cape Canaveral shelf edge to map differences in tilefish burrow density with increasing water depth.
Info derived Habitat maps; Sea floor map;
Platform
Johnson
Length 123 feet, beam 26 feet.
Johnson Sea-link
Itinerary
Start Indian River, FL 1984-05-19
End Indian River, FL 1984-05-21
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -80.0666
East -79.9333
North 28.8333
South 28.7

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators David C Twichell
Crew members
David C Twichell
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
David C Twichell
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Ken Able, Rutgers Univ.
Affiliate staff Ken Able, Rutgers Univ.; Bob Jones, Harbor Branch Foundation

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Sidescan

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Loran-C Navigation 3
Sidescan sonar Sidescan 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1984-034-FA-LN-001 Loran-C Paper printouts of navigation with 5 minute fix intervals: includes time, lat., long., speed and course over ground. Alice M. Orton
1984-034-FA-LN-001-01 Loran-C Track map of sidescan survey area, plotted from ship navigation with MapGen software, in Lat./Long. Alice M. Orton
1984-034-FA-LN-002 Loran-C Paper charts from bridge plotter of sidescan sonar survey lines; Loran-C coordinates. Alice M. Orton
1984-034-FA-SO-001 Sidescan sonar Paper sidescan sonar profiles in folders; images not slant-range or ground-range corrected. Alice M. Orton

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity