Field Activity Details for field activity 2004-009-FA

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Page Valentine

Affiliate Investigator(s): Vince Guida, NOAA Fisheries, Sandy Hook, NJ

Information Specialist(s): Page Valentine

Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Environmental Data: CTD, Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Visual Identification: Species ID, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sea floor habitat studies and mapping.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 2004-08-23

End Date: 2004-09-03

Equipment Used: CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl, Trawl, SeaBOSS, Digital camera, P-code GPS

Information to be Derived: Grain size analysis; Habitat maps;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Total of 49 geological stations; 30 Van Veen sediment samples; 37 video transects; 49 photo stations; 65 biological stations. Beam trawl, otter trawl and CTD stations by NMFS.

Staff: Dann Blackwood, Page Valentine

Affiliate Staff:
NOAA Fisheries
Vince Guida

Notes: Mobe in Woods Hole on Friday, August 20th; demobe in Woods Hole on Friday AM, Sep. 3rd.
Project = New Jersey shelf habitats, New Jersey shelf habitats
Information from Foghorn: SEABOSS video/photo/sampler; P-code; Other equipment: Biological samplers: otter trawls, beam trawls, CTD

Location:

Hudson Canyon head, New York Bight, New York, New Jersey, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

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