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

Field Activity 2003-015-FA

Identifier 2003-015-FA
Alternate names NMFS DE0310
Purpose Sea floor habitat mapping and research.
Location Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
Summary Conducted surveys on Georges Bank in U.S. waters on the Northern Edge, in Closed Area 2, and in the Nantucket Lightship Closed Area. Conducted geological sampling (grain size), video and photo transects, and biological sampling using a beam trawl, naturalists dredge, and otter trawl; also collected CTD data. All data except geological samples and photo video imagery collected and maintained by NOAA Fisheries. Total stations=110. Sediment samples=46. Video/photo stations=62. Invertebrate stations=11. Beam trawls=19. Naturalists dredges=9. Otter trawls=7. CTDs=12.
Comments Project = Georges Bank Habitats, Georges Bank Habitats Information from Foghorn: Navigation - P-code, SEABOSS video and photo and grab sampler; NMFS trawls, dredges, and CTDs
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Platform
Delaware II
Length: 155 ft (47 m); Beam: 30 ft 2 in (9.19 m).
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2003-10-28
End Woods Hole, MA 2003-11-07
Days in the field 10
Bounds
West -69.21265829
East -66.48925781
North 41.45645137
South 40.60005068

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
Scully, Lian
Scientist, Staff
Fuller, Sarah
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Page C Valentine
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Robert Reid, NMFS, NOAA
Affiliate staff Robert Reid, other NMFS personnel

Data types and categories

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

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2003-015-FA-PH-001 SeaBOSS CD ROM disk of BOTTOM PHOTO GEORGES Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity