1999-012-FA (CMHRP activity #1518)

Field Activity 1999-012-FA

Identifier

1999-012-FA

Purpose

Habitat studies; sampling and photo/video surveys; ROV operations.

Location

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

Summary

Mobilization June 17th in Woods Hole; demob June 25th in Woods Hole. 51 total stations; video/photo 47; sediment samples 13 stations. Dredge and trap samples at Univ. Rhode Island.

Comments

Project = Georges Bank Habitats Project, Georges Bank Habitats Project Information from Foghorn: SEABOSS system with winch;P-code navigation system; Other equipment: Amphipod traps, natural dredge

Platform

Connecticut

Length, molded: 90 feet; Beam: 26 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	1999-06-18
End	Woods Hole, MA	1999-06-25
Days in the field	7

Bounds

West	-69.1
East	-66.9
North	42.1
South	41

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

Page C Valentine

Crew members

Page C Valentine	Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood	Scientist, Staff
Malczyk, Jeremy	Scientist, Staff
Middleton, Tammie	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Page C Valentine

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

Jeremy Collie - URI

Affiliate staff

Jay Hermsen, others - URI

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Amphipod traps	Biology	(no data reported)
Dredge	Biology, Geology	(no data reported)
SeaBOSS	Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology	2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1999-012-FA-PH-001	SeaBOSS	CD ROM disk of BOTTOMPHOTO GEORGES	Nancy K. Soderberg
1999-012-FA-SC-001	SeaBOSS	GRAB samples	Brian Buczkowski