Other ID: NURC 2004-10A
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Kathryn Scanlon Catanach
Affiliate Investigator(s): Felicia Coleman (FSU) and Christopher Koenig (FSU)
Information Specialist(s): Julia Knisel
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Geologic sampling and imaging of grouper habitats and paleoshoreline features using ROV.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Panama City, FL
End Port/Location: Panama City, FL
Start Date: 2004-06-02
End Date: 2004-06-06
Equipment Used: ROV, GPS (wh)
Information to be Derived: Samples and chemical analysis; Habitat maps;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: ROV dive sites 1, 2, 3 and 4 were in or near the Madison Swanson Fishery Reserve. Video and photo data were collected. Geologic sampling was attempted with the ROV manipulator, but no rock samples were obtained. Some biological material was recovered and discarded. ROV dive sites 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 were in the Steamboat Lumps Fishery Reserve. Rock samples were recovered from Dive 5 (1 rock), Dive 6 (2 rocks), Dive 7 (1 rock), and Dive 8 (1 rock). Dive 9 was aborted with no samples collected due to thruster malfunction on the ROV. Cruise was aborted 2 days early with plans to make up lost time on cruise in March 2005.
Staff: Julia Knisel, Nariscia Philip, Kathryn Scanlon Catanach
Affiliate Staff:
Felicia Coleman
FSU
co-chief scientist; Christopher Koenig
FSU
co-chief scientist; Lance Horn
NOAA NURC/UNCW
ROV operations; Peter Coleman
FSU
videographer; Peter Koenig
FSU
deckhand; Alex Koenig
FSU
deckhand; Cathy Zollo
Naples Daily News
journalist
Notes: Original plan had been to use mixed-gas divers for sampling, but this was not done because divers were not available for this time. Plans are being made to use divers in 2005. Original Center People field contained: Kathy Scanlon, co-chief scientist; Julie Knisel, GIS and data archive; Nariscia Philip, deckhand.
Project = Shelf-edge Habitats, NE Gulf of Mexico, Shelf-edge Habitats, NE Gulf of Mexico
Location:
Madison-Swanson Fishery Reserve, Steamboat Lumps Fishery Reserve, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 29.5 | South: 28 | West: -86 | East: -84.5 |
Platform(s):
Spree |
Coleman, F.C., Koenig, Christopher C., Scanlon, Kathryn M., Heppell, Scott, Heppell, Selina, and Miller, Margaret W., 2010, Benthic habitat modification through excavation by red grouper, Epinephelus morio, in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico: The Open Fish Science Journal, v. 3, doi: 10.2174/1874401X01003010001.
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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ROV | --- | Photo Video Biology Geology | |
GPS (wh) | --- | Navigation | 2004-031-FA-LN-001 (Cruise track chart.) |