Field Activity Details for field activity 1981-025-FA

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Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

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Principal Investigator(s): Page Valentine

Affiliate Investigator(s): R.A. Cooper - National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)

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Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: 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.

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Start Date: 1981-07-10

End Date: 1981-07-21

Equipment Used: Camera- deep sea, Video camera - deep sea, Push corer (wh), Northstar 6000 LORAN-C

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: JSL Dives 1048-1062 and 1065-1068. Bottom samples: 84; film/video.

Staff: Page Valentine

Affiliate Staff:
NMFS: R.A. Cooper - Chief Scientist
J.R. Uzman
Kenneth Pierce
Andrew Shepard
Roger Clifford; University of New Hampshire: Alan Hulbert

Notes:
Project = Georges Bank and submarine canyon baseline and monitoring studies on oil and gas exploration areas, Georges Bank and submarine canyon baseline and monitoring studies on oil and gas exploration areas

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Georges Bank and canyons, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

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