Field Activity 2005-009-FA

Identifier 2005-009-FA
Alternate names 05CRC01
Purpose Collect bottom photographs of the deep-water corals in the Pulley Ridge area using Benthos Stingray. Evaluate spatial extent of live coral area in southern Pulley Ridge; investigate other benthic habitats in region and collect samples.
Location Pulley Ridge, West Florida Shelf, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Sub dives: 6; Sub videos: XX copies digital videos in St. Pete, original digital videos with ?; ROV deployments: 10; ROV videos: XX?, original digital videos in Woods Hole; copies of digital videos in St. Pete. Tech dives: 3; Biological samples: ? stored where? Station Locations: 26d14m41.51N, -83d40m38.3W; 25d41N, -83d39W; 25d25.093N, -83d32.154W; 24d51.476N, -83d39.610W; 24d44.386N, -83d41.529W.
Comments Original Center People field contained: Dann Blackwood, ROV tech; Richard Rendigs, ROV tech. Project = Coral Reef Cooperative, Coral Reef Cooperative
Platform
Deepworker
Single person submersible dive to depth of 600 meters (2,000 feet).
Suncoaster
110 feet
Itinerary
Start Bayboro Harbor, FL 2005-06-22
End Bayboro Harbor, FL 2005-07-01
Days in the field 10
Bounds
West -83.7
East -83.525
North 26.25
South 24.75

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Richard R RendigsDann S Blackwood
Crew members
Richard R Rendigs
Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Dann S Blackwood
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Robert Halley, USGS-St. Pete
Affiliate staff Robert Halley, USGS-St. Pete, Ch. Sci.; Kate Ciembronowicz, geologist, St. Pete; Sylvia Earle, sub pilot, biologist, National Geographic and Harte Foundation; David Guggenheim, sub pilot, Harte Foundation; G.P. Schmahl, sub pilot, biologist, NOAA; Ian Griffith, sub tech., DOER; Tony Lawson, sub tech., mech. eng., DOER; Ruddy Schlepp, sub tech., DOER; Monica Goulard, sub tech., DOER

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation
Data type: Photo, Video, Navigation

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Cruise curator's FACS forms providing cruise overview, participants, equipment and operations log.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Video camera - deep sea Video (no data reported)
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)
Benthos Stingray ROV Photo, Video (no data reported)
Digital camera Photo 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2005-009-FA-PH-001 Digital camera Deck photos of field operations Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity