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Field Activity Details for field activity 2014-014-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Cancelled

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

Funding Program(s): National Seafloor Mapping and Benthic Habitat Studies: Atlantic (LQ000FO)

Principal Investigator(s): Page Valentine

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Page Valentine

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect sediment samples, photos, video, and ctd data for substrate mapping on Stellwagen Bank in collaboration with Stellwagen NMS scientists.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Scituate, MA

End Port/Location: Scituate, MA

Start Date: 2014-04-13

End Date: 2014-04-19

Equipment Used: Temperature and salinity, SeaBOSS, GPS (wh)

Information to be Derived: Grain size, Sea floor map

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Dann Blackwood

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: CRUISE CANCELLED DUE TO VESSEL MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS. Affiliate Principal: Dr. David Wiley, Stellwagen Bank NMS
Mobilization will be on Sunday, April 13 at the SBNMS dock at 75 Edward Foster Road, Scituate, MA.
Demob at the same location.
RV AUK is the SBNMS research vessel; 50 ft catamaran.
This report is based on information from activity 13044.

Location:

Stellwagen Bank, Massachusetts, United States, North America, Gulf of Maine, North Atlantic

Boundaries
North: 42.28544 South: 42.10637 West: -70.4224 East: -70.19165

Platform(s):


Unknown

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Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Temperature and salinity --- CTD
Temperature
SeaBOSS --- Surveys (biological)
Experiments (biological)
Species ID
Photo
Video
Geology
Biology
GPS (wh) --- Navigation

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