Monitor the benthic habitat and fish productivity on the outer continental shelf adjacent to the Hudson Canyon, comparing areas of varying depth and varying degrees of disturbance by commercial trawling. Using underwater video and photographic techniques, characterize the topography of tilefish habitat for use in estimating tilefish and other fish populations and as a reconnaissance for submersible experiments with tilefish and other fisheries species, and characterize the state of disturbance along Great South Channel and adjacent Nantucket Lightship Closed Area.
Location
mid-Atlantic continental shelf, Hudson Canyon, New Jersey, Great South Channel, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary
Total of 80 stations occupied; 23 sediment samples; 48 biological samples; 32 video transects; 32 photo transects.
Info derived
Grain size analysis;
Comments
Original Center People field contained: Page Valentine, Dann Blackwood, Durgamadhavi Mamidipalli.
Project = Hudson Canyon Shelf Benthic Habitats Studies, Hudson Canyon Shelf Benthic Habitats Studies
