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): Robert Reid, NOAA Fisheries; Jeremy Collie, URI
Information Specialist(s): Page Valentine
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Benthic habitats studies and mapping.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 2007-07-02
End Date: 2007-07-13
Equipment Used: SeaBOSS, P-code GPS, Trawl, Dredge, CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl, Digital camera
Information to be Derived: Habitat maps;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 99 USGS SEABOSS video/photo transects; 77 USGS bottom temp. records; 8 USGS Didemnum sp. samples; 4 NOAA 30-liter water samples; 55 NOAA Seabird CTD stations; 19 URI Naturalist dredge stations; 12 URI otter trawl stations. USGS data archived at USGS Woods Hole, MA (Valentine). NOAA Fisheries data archived at NMFS Woods Hole (Reed). URI data archived at URI, Narragansett, RI (Collie).
Staff: Dann Blackwood, Page Valentine
Affiliate Staff:
NOAA Fisheries: Robert Reid
Shayla Williams; URI: Jeremy Collie
Nicole Lengyel
Daniel Siriala; DFO Canada: Andrea Locke.
Notes: Project = Atlantic Benthic Habitats, Atlantic Benthic Habitats
Information from Foghorn P-code navigation; Other equipment: Otter trawl, beam trawl, naturalist dredge, CTD
Location:
Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42.2 | South: 41.65 | West: -67.85 | East: -66.3 |
Platform(s):
 Delaware II |
Lengyel, N.L., Collie, Jeremy S., and Valentine, Page C., 2009, The invasive colonial ascidian Didemnum vexillum on Georges Bank - ecological effects and genetic identification: Aquatic Invasions, v. 4 no. 1, URL: http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2009/AI_2009_4_1_Lengyel_etal.pdf.
Valentine, P.C., Carman, Mary R., Dijksta, Jennifer, and Blackwood, Dann S., 2009, Larval recruitment of the invasive colonial ascidian Didemnum vexillum, seasonal water temperatures in New England coastal and offshore waters, and implications for spread of the species: Aquatic Invasions, v. 4 no. 1, URL: http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2009/AI_2009_4_1_Valentine_etal.pdf.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| SeaBOSS | --- | Surveys (biological) Experiments (biological) Species ID Photo Video Geology Biology | 2007-006-FA-PH-001 (Bottom photos 1605 photos on 7-DVD taken by 35mm SeaBOSS camera. ) |
| P-code GPS | --- | Navigation | |
| Trawl | --- | Biology | |
| Dredge | --- | Biology Geology | |
| CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl | --- | CTD | |
| Digital camera | --- | Photo | 2007-006-FA-PH-002 (Deck photos of field activity operations.) |
