| Identifier | 2005-002-FA | ||||||||
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| Alternate names | NURC/UNCW 2005-07B | ||||||||
| Purpose | Collect sediment and rock samples from shelf-edge paleoshorelines and video grouper spawning habitat using ROV and mixed-gas SCUBA divers. | ||||||||
| Location | Madison-Swanson Fishery Reserve, Florida, west Florida Shelf, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic; | ||||||||
| Summary | The ROV was deployed at 19 sites both within the Madison Swanson Fishery Reserve and at unprotected areas outside the reserve. Video data and still photographs were collected at each site. At 4 sites Technical SCUBA divers, using mixed gas, were sent to the sea floor to collect rock samples with chisels and sledges. A total of 22 rock samples (most several inches to a foot in diameter) were collected. They will be analyzed for mineralogic composition and if possible dated and environment of deposition determined. The pre-cruise plan had included sediment and rock sampling in the Steamboat Lumps Fishery Reserve, but those goals were not achieved due to time lost to weather and equipment problems (ROV cable was caught in ship's screw and damaged, requiring retermination). Video data will be used by FSU collaborators to assess health of grouper spawning populations. Water samples were taken from inside a solution hole at one site and tested for salinity, which was 37 - 37.5 ppt, the same as the ambient water salinity measured about 10 feet above the sea floor. No water samples were saved. No sediment samples were collected. | ||||||||
| Comments | All SCUBA diving operations were under direction of, and carried out by, NOAA personnel. Original Center People field contained: K. Scanlon, co-chief scientist; J. Knisel, GIS and data archive. Project = Shelf-edge Habitats, NE Gulf of Mexico, Shelf-edge Habitats, NE Gulf of Mexico | ||||||||
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384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
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| Principal investigators | Kathryn Scanlon Catanach | ||||
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| Affiliate principal | Christopher Koenig, Chief Scientist, Florida State University | ||||
| Affiliate staff | Christopher Koenig, FSU, chief scientist; Felicia Coleman, FSU, co-chief scientist in absentia; Lance Horn, NOAA-NURP/UNCW, ROV Operations and Tech. Diver; Glenn Taylor, NOAA-NURP/UNCW, ROV Operations and Tech. Diver; Jay Styron, NOAA-NURP/UNCW, Tech. Dive Master; Doug Kesling, NOAA-NURP/UNCW, Tech. Diver |
| Data category: | Imagery, Sampling, Location-Elevation |
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| Data type: | Photo, Video, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Navigation |
| Equipment | Usage description | Data types | Datasets |
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| ROV | Photo, Video, Biology, Geology | 2 | |
| SCUBA | Biology, Chemistry, Geology | (no data reported) | |
| GPS (wh) | Navigation | 1 | |
| Digital camera | Photo | (no data reported) |
| Dataset name | Equipment | Description | Dataset contact |
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| 2005-002-FA-SC-001 | ROV | grab samples | Brian Buczkowski |
| 2005-002-FA-VD-001 | ROV | DVD ROM disk of MADISON ROV DIVE 1, MADISON ROV DIVE 2, MADISON ROV DIVE 3,4, MADISON ROV DIVE 5,6, MADISON ROV DIVE 7A, MADISON ROV DIVE 7B, MADISON ROV DIVE 8,9,10, MADISON ROV DIVE 11,12, MADISON ROV DIVE 12B, MADISON ROV DIVE 13, MADISON ROV DIVE 14A, MADISON ROV DIVE 14B,15,16, MADISON ROV DIVE 17,18,19, | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 2005-002-FA-LN-001 | GPS (wh) | Area maps and ship's track. | Nancy K. Soderberg |
