Area of Operations: Georges Bank and canyons, United States, North America, North Atlantic
Dates: July 10, 1981 to July 21, 1981
Chief scientist: Page Valentine
R.A. Cooper - National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
Objectives: Revisit permanent monitoring stations established July - August 1980 on Georges Bank in Lydonia Canyon. Establish 2 new stations in Oceanographer Canyon. Conduct photographic surveys for qualitative and quantitative analysis of megafauna. Collect faunal and substrate samples for pollutant analysis. Collect substrate samples to define infaunal populations and for sediment size analysis.
Type of Activity: Sampling; Station set-up and monitoring;Station set-up and monitoring
Information to be derived: Station monitoring and set-up
Summary: JSL Dives 1048-1062 and 1065-1068. Bottom samples: 84; film/video.
Contact: Page Valentine (pvalentine@usgs.gov)
InfoBank: uses the identifier J-1-81-GK. Visit this site for more information.
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