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Field Activity Details for field activity 1989-023-FA

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Other ID: SJHN 89-1

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Page Valentine

Affiliate Investigator(s): Gregory Lough, National Marine Fisheries Service

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Geological and biological observations of eastern Georges Bank. Abundance and distribution of juvenile cod and haddock in relation to bottom sediment type. Mapping sediment distribution and bottom morphology; sediment transport.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Gloucester, MA

End Port/Location: Gloucester, MA

Start Date: 1989-08-08

End Date: 1989-08-14

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

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 23 samples; 454 km echo sounding profiles.

Staff: Nancy K. Soderberg, Page Valentine

Affiliate Staff:
Eric Strom; NMFS - Gregory Lough
Dave Potter
George Bolz
Elizabeth Broughton
Geoffery Laurence; Canada - Stratis Gavaris (Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
St. Andrews
NB); URI - Edward Durbin

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Page Valentine, Eric Strom, Nancy Soderberg.
Project = EEZ Geology, EEZ Geology

Location:

Eastern Georges Bank, United States, Canada, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 42.2167609 South: 41.671088 West: -67.14065202 East: -65.88500977

Platform(s):

photo of Seward Johnson
Seward Johnson
photo of Johnson Sea-link
Johnson Sea-link

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's cruise report with ship, personnel, equipment and data acquisition notes, submersible dive log and sediment sample locations, plus cruise report from NMFS juvenile fish survey aboard the CHAPMAN, August 1-12, 1989 on Georges Bank.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Camera- deep sea --- Photo
Video camera - deep sea --- Video
Push corer (wh) --- Biology
Geology
1989-023-FA-SC-001 (DREDGE, GRAB samples)
Loran-C --- Navigation

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