1996-015-FA (CMHRP activity #1364)

Field Activity 1996-015-FA

Identifier

1996-015-FA

Purpose

Bottom photo and sedimentological, geochemical, and biological sampling to define sedimentary environments and benthic habitats within eastern Long Island Sound.

Location

eastern Long Island Sound and adjacent waters, Connecticut, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Comments

Original Center People field contained: L. Larry Poppe, D. Dann Blackwood, B. Brendt Taylor, R. Lewis, M. Cohen, R. Robertson. Project = Sediment Texture of Long Island Sound, Sediment Texture of Long Island Sound

Platform

Dempsey

Length: 50 feet; Beam: 16 feet 3 in.

Itinerary

Start	Old Lyme, CT	1996-03-11
End	Old Lyme, CT	1996-03-19
Days in the field	7

Bounds

West	-72.9811
East	-72.12788
North	41.31818
South	40.92156

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

Lawrence J Poppe

Crew members

Lawrence J Poppe	Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood	Scientist, Staff
Lewis, Ralph	Scientist, Staff
Taylor, Brenton B.	Scientist, Staff

Affiliate staff

M. Cohen, R. Robertson

Data types and categories

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

Documents: Notes and log books

Name	Description
Sample log	Field log describing data collection by Van Veen sampler, video camera and 35-mm still camera, and sea-floor description in Niantic Bay, CT, March 11-13, 1997.
Sample log	Field log describing data collection by Van Veen sampler, video camera and 35-mm still camera, and sea-floor description in eastern Long Island Sound, March 13-18, 1997.

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
DGPS	Navigation	1
Van Veen grab sampler	Geology	1
SeaBOSS	Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1996-015-FA-LN-001	DGPS	Floppy disk(s) containing NAV DGPS MARK	Nancy K. Soderberg
1996-015-FA-SC-001	Van Veen grab sampler	GRAB samples	Brian Buczkowski