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Field Activity Details for field activity 1997-005-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Kathryn Scanlon Catanach

Affiliate Investigator(s): Churchill Grimes - NOAA

Information Specialist(s): Kathryn Scanlon Catanach

Data Type(s): Seismics: Boomer, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sidescan survey of grouper spawning habitat.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Pascagoula, MS

End Port/Location: Panama City, FL

Start Date: 1997-03-20

End Date: 1997-03-31

Equipment Used: GeoPulse uniboom, Single channel hydrophone, DGPS, Edgetech DF-1000 sidescan sonar, ISIS, 3.5 kHz, Echosounder

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 100 line-km of boomer data; 1185 line-km of sidescan sonar and 3.5 data.

Staff: Jane Denny, Kathryn Scanlon Catanach, Kenneth F. Parolski, Scott Harrison

Affiliate Staff:
Cliff Harper - NOAA (E.T.)

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Kathy Scanlon (Ch.Sci.); Ken Parolski (E.T.); Jane Denny (sidescan sonar processing); Scott Harrison (sidescan sonar processing).
Project = West Florida Shelf Edge Habitat Mapping, West Florida Shelf Edge Habitat Mapping

Location:

west Florida shelf edge, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 29.63267 South: 24.89983 West: -86.2407 East: -83.65783

Platform(s):

photo of Chapman
Chapman

Publications

Briere, P.R., Scanlon, K.M., Gledhill, C.T., Koenig, C.C., and Fitzhugh, G., 1999, West Florida Shelf—Sidescan-sonar and sediment data from shelf-edge habitats in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-589, CD-ROM, URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr99589.

Scanlon, K.M., Coleman, Felicia C., and Koenig, Christopher C., 2005, Pockmarks on the outer shelf in the northern Gulf of Mexico; gas-release features or habitat modifications by fish?, in Barnes, P.W., and Thomas, J.P., eds., Benthic habitats and the effects of fishing: American Fisheries Society Symposium 41, v. 41.

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Navigation log DGPS GPS navigation log containing line number, time, latitude, and longitude. Also includes cruise personnel.
Navigation log DGPS Continuation navigation log containing line number, time, latitude, and longitude. Also has slant range and antenna configuration.
Sidescan log Edgetech DF-1000 sidescan sonar Seismic/ISIS field log with line and file names and start and end times.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GeoPulse uniboom --- Boomer
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
DGPS --- Navigation
Edgetech DF-1000 sidescan sonar --- Sidescan
Sidescan mosaic
ISIS --- Sidescan
3.5 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
1997-005-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 3.5K) for lines )
Echosounder --- Single Beam
Bathymetry GIS data

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