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

Field Activity 2012-011-FA

Identifier 2012-011-FA
Purpose Sea floor video/photo habitat survey to document extent of invasive tunicates on eelgrass.
Location Lake Tashmoo, Marthas Vineyard, Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic
Summary 60 minutes of bottom video, 828 photos. First field test of new SeaBOS GP (Sea Bottom Observation System with Go Pro Camera).
Info derived Habitat maps;
Comments Project = Sea & Lake/Data off Cape Cod,
Platform
Carolina Skiff
Itinerary
Start Falmouth MA 2012-03-12
End Falmouth MA 2012-03-12
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -70.7
East -70.61667
North 41.53333
South 41.43333

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Dann S Blackwood
Crew members
Dann S Blackwood
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Dann S Blackwood
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Mary Carman, WHOI

Data types and categories

Data category: Biological Field Study, Imagery, Sampling, Visual Identification, Location-Elevation
Data type: Experiments (biological), Surveys (biological), Photo, Video, Biology, Geology, Species ID, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
SeaBOSS Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology (no data reported)
GPS (wh) Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity