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

Field Activity 1997-020-FA

Identifier 1997-020-FA
Alternate names ABLJ9720
Purpose Sampling of sedimentary environments and biological assemblages and habitats for mapping purposes.
Location Stellwagen Bank NMS, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Comments This cruise follows FA 97021 to Georges Bank with the same vessel. Mobilization for both cruises is on July 13; port day on July 24. Project = Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project, Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project
Platform
Abel J
128?
Itinerary
Start Gloucester, MA 1997-07-25
End Gloucester, MA 1997-08-01
Days in the field 8
Bounds
West -70.6
East -70.0333
North 42.8
South 42.0833

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Page C Valentine
Crew members
Page C Valentine
Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood
Scientist, Staff
Polloni, Christopher F.
Scientist, Staff
Baker, Jessica
Scientist, Staff
Unger, Tanya
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Page C Valentine
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Peter Auster - NOAA
Affiliate staff NOAA: Peter Auster, Paul Donaldson, Jenny Maar

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type: Photo, Video, Navigation, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
ROV Photo, Video, Biology, Geology (no data reported)
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)
Van Veen grab sampler Geology 2
Osprey camera system Photo, Video 7

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1997-020-FA-SC-001 Van Veen grab sampler GRAB samples Brian Buczkowski
1997-020-FA-PH-001 Osprey camera system CD ROM disk of BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD208, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD209, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD210, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD211, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD212, Nancy K. Soderberg

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Stellwagen_sedimentsamples Van Veen grab sampler Geographic locations of seabed sediment samples from the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Region. Includes sediment analyses. Page C Valentine
Stellwagen_bottomphotos Osprey camera system USGS collection of sea bottom photographs from the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Region (JPEG images). Two resolutions are available - a high resolution and medium resolution. Page C Valentine
Stellwagen_bottomphotos_locations Osprey camera system Geographic locations of images in the USGS collection of photographs from the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Region Page C Valentine
ridges0_SIM2840 Osprey camera system Boulder ridges less than 1 m high on the sea floor of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region. The boulder ridges were identified using multibeam topographic imagery and backscatter intensity of the seabed and video and photographic images collected from 1994 to 2003. Page C Valentine
ridges1_SIM2840 Osprey camera system Boulder ridges greater than or equal to 1 m high on the sea floor of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine region. The boulder ridges were identified using multibeam topographic imagery and backscatter intensity of the seabed and video and photographic images collected from 1994 to 2003. Page C Valentine
sbnmsallsta_SIM2840 Osprey camera system Sample and video stations located in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region. Stations represent the location of a sediment sample and/or the end of a video transect. Page C Valentine
sbnmsallvid_SIM2840 Osprey camera system Video transects of the sea floor in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region. This dataset contains polylines showing extents of video transects documenting seabed characteristics in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Region off Boston, Massachusetts, an area of approximately 1100 nautical square miles. Page C Valentine

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity