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

Field Activity 2001-015-FA

Identifier 2001-015-FA
Alternate names NMFS cruise DL0106; IB D-15-01-GK
Purpose USGS/NMFS benthic habitats studies: collect sediment samples, video/photo, otter trawl samples, and sidescan sonar imagery.
Location Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
Comments Mobe in Woods Hole on Friday, June 8; depart Woods Hole on Monday, June 11; return to Woods Hole on Friday, June 22. Project = Geologic Studies of Benthic Habitats - Georges Bank, Geologic Studies of Benthic Habitats - Georges Bank Information from Foghorn: SEABOSS with winch;P-code navigation system;extra Van Veen grab (round frame);EdgeTech DF1000 sidescan;color video and photo;otter trawl; (NMFS samplers, otter trawl, CTDs)
Platform
Delaware II
Length: 155 ft (47 m); Beam: 30 ft 2 in (9.19 m).
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2001-06-11
End Woods Hole, MA 2001-06-22
Days in the field 12
Bounds
West -69.32554365
East -67.10449219
North 41.40153558
South 40.51843911

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
Information specialist(s)
Page C Valentine
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Robert Reid, NMFS
Affiliate staff NMFS: Bob Reid, Vince Guida, Dave Packer; Canadian Geological Survey: Brian Todd

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Trawl Biology (no data reported)
Dredge Biology, Geology (no data reported)
CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl CTD (no data reported)
SeaBOSS Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology 1
Digital camera Photo 1
Edgetech DF-1000 sidescan sonar Sidescan (no data reported)
P-code GPS Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2001-015-FA-SC-001 SeaBOSS GRAB samples Brian Buczkowski
2001-015-FA-PH-002 Digital camera Deck photos of field activity operations Dann S Blackwood

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity