Field Activity 2002-024-FA

Identifier 2002-024-FA
Purpose Habitat mapping and process studies.
Location Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
Summary Total of 150 stations occupied; 31 sediment samples; 68 benthic invert samples; 17 naturalist dredge samples; 60 video transects; 99 photo transects.
Info derived Grain size analysis;
Comments Project = Georges Bank Benthic Habitats Studies, Georges Bank Benthic Habitats Studies Information from Foghorn: SEABOSS, winch, P-code navigation; Other equipment otter trawl nets, naturalist dredge, CTD
Platform
Albatross IV
187 feet
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2002-08-19
End Woods Hole, MA 2002-08-30
Days in the field 11
Bounds
West -69.4
East -66.5
North 42.1
South 40.4

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
Mamidipalli, Madhavi
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Page C Valentine
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Robert Reid, NMFS; Jeremy Collie, URI

Data types and categories

Data category: Biological Field Study, Environmental Data, Imagery, Sampling, Visual Identification, Location-Elevation
Data type: Experiments (biological), Surveys (biological), CTD, Photo, Video, Biology, Geology, 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
P-code GPS Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2002-024-FA-SC-001 SeaBOSS GRAB samples Brian Buczkowski
2002-024-FA-PH-002 Digital camera Deck photos of field activity operations Dann S Blackwood

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity