1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
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Field Activity 2000-063-FA

Identifier 2000-063-FA
Alternate names IB D-63-00-GK
Purpose Benthic habitat studies in closed areas on Georges Bank and in Great South Channel.
Location Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
Summary 19 stations; 10 sediment/invert bio, 3 dredges, 16 video/photo.
Comments Mobe on Thurs/Fri, Oct. 26-27; depart on Mon, Oct. 30. Demobe on Friday AM Nov. 9. Original Center People field contained: Page Valentine, Dann Blackwood, Sarah Fuller, Tammie Middleton, and Chuck Worley; Mobe: Joe Newell, Ken Parolski, Barry Irwin. Project = Georges Bank Habitats, Georges Bank Habitats Information from Foghorn: P-code navigation system w/bridge monitor, SEABOSS with winch, EdgeTech sidescan w/winch; samplers provided by NMFS
Platform
Delaware II
Length: 155 ft (47 m); Beam: 30 ft 2 in (9.19 m).
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2000-10-30
End Woods Hole, MA 2000-11-09
Days in the field 11
Bounds
West -69.293
East -67.249
North 42.079
South 40.733

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
Charles R Worley
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.
Scientist, Staff
Kenneth Parolski
Scientist, Staff
Fuller, Sarah
Scientist, Staff
Middleton, Tammie
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Page C Valentine
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Frank Almeida, NMFS, Woods Hole; Jeremy Collie, URI
Affiliate staff NMFS: Frank Almeida, Jason Link, Robert Reid, Vince Guida; URI: Jeremy Collie, Jay Hermsen, 2 students

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
P-code GPS Navigation (no data reported)
SeaBOSS Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology 1
Camera- deep sea Photo (no data reported)
Digital camera Photo 1
Dredge Biology, Geology (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2000-063-FA-SC-001 SeaBOSS GRAB samples Brian Buczkowski
2000-063-FA-PH-002 Digital camera Deck photos of field activity operations Dann S Blackwood

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity