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

Field Activity 2014-036-FA

Identifier 2014-036-FA
Purpose Map seagrass in West Falmouth Harbor
Equipment or personnel only. Data, if any, are managed under a different field activity.
Location West Falmouth Harbor, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean
Summary ?
Info derived Sonar images, seagrass distribution
Comments Using WHSC 16' Carolina skiff (used to be called the Knob). Need only Jetyak Humminbird sonar, batteries, transducer mount. Worley on staff for information only.
Projects
Platform
Knob
16 feet
Itinerary
Start West Falmouth, MA 2014-05-13
End West Falmouth, MA 2014-05-16
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -70.6563
East -70.6326262
North 41.61076149
South 41.5946436

Personnel

Organization Equipment or personnel support provided by
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Christopher R Sherwood
Crew members
Charles R Worley
Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Christopher R Sherwood
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Sonar
Data type: Sidescan, Single Beam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Humminbird 898c HD SI Combo (Jetyak) Sidescan, Single Beam, Navigation (no data reported)
Humminbird fishfinder Single Beam (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity