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Field Activity Details for field activity 2011-006-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): Lawrence Poppe

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Lawrence Poppe

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Groundtruth NOAA hydrographic surveys in Rhode Island Sound (H11995), Nantucket Sound (H12007), and Block Island Sound.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Galilee, RI

Start Date: 2011-06-13

End Date: 2011-06-22

Equipment Used: SeaBOSS, DGPS

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sediment sampling and still and video bottom photography with the small SEABOSS

Staff: Barry Irwin, Katherine McMullen, Charles Worley

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:
Project = Sea & Lake/Data off Cape Cod, Sea & Lake/Data off Cape Cod

Location:

Rhode Island Sound, Nantucket Sound, Block Island Sound, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 41.57025 South: 41.1373 West: -71.8011 East: -70.09277

Platform(s):

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Publications

McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., and Parker, C.E., 2014, Character, distribution, and ecological significance of storm wave-induced scour in Rhode Island Sound, USA: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 35, p.135-144, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-014-0392-0.

McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Ackerman, S.D., Worley, C.R., Nadeau, M.A., and Van Hoy, M.V., 2012, Sea-floor geology in central Rhode Island Sound south of Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1004, DVD-ROM, also available at https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20121004.

Poppe, L.J., and McMullen, K.Y., , 2014 AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI. Honolulu, HI, February 23-28, 2014.

Poppe, L.J., Danforth, W.W., McMullen, K.Y., Blankenship, M.A., Glomb, K.A., and Wright, D.B., 2012, Sea-floor Geology and Sedimentary Environments of Block Island Sound, Offshore Rhode Island [abs.]: , 2012 GSA National Meeting. Charlotte, NC, November 4-7, 2012.

Poppe, L.J., McMullen, K.Y., Ackerman, S.D., Schaer, J.D., and Wright, D.B, Sedimentary Environments and Processes of Cross Rip Channel, Offshore Southeastern Massachusetts [abs.]: , 2012 GSA Northeastern Sectional Meeting. Brenton Woods, NH, March 17-20, 2013.

Poppe, L.J., Danforth, W.W., McMullen, K.Y., Blakenship, M.A., Glomb, K.A., Wright, D.B., and Smith, S.M., 2012, Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes of Block Island Sound, offshore Rhode Island (ver.1.1, August 2014): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1005, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20121005.

Poppe, L.J., McMullen, K.Y., Ackerman, S.D., Schaer, J.D., and Wright, D.B., 2012, Sea-floor geology and sedimentary processes in the vicinity of Cross Rip Channel, Nantucket Sound, offshore southeastern Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1222, DVD-ROM, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111222.

Portals/Viewers

FAN 2011-006-FA has data viewable in the CMGP Video and Photograph Portal. View the data in this application here. See the instructions for working with this application.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
SeaBOSS --- Surveys (biological)
Experiments (biological)
Species ID
Photo
Video
Geology
Biology
2011-006-FA-SC-001 (Physical samples and lithologic descriptions from stations where statistically valid samples could not be collected at 137 stations)
2011-006-FA-PH-001 (706 bottom photos taken by SeaBOSS )
2011-006-FA-VD-001 (Bottom videos on DVDs for Nantucket Sound, Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound surveys.)
2011-006-FA-VD-002 (Bottom videos on Hi-8MM tapes for Nantucket Sound, Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound surveys.)
2011-006-FA-NL-001 (SeaBOSS Log: 3 logbooks, 1 each for H12007, Nantucket Sound; H11995, Rhode Island Sound; and Block Island Sound.)
DGPS --- Navigation
2011-006-FA-LN-001 (Hypack navigation files)

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