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field activity logs, field monitoring stations, videos, CTD measurement, marine geology

ISO 19115 Topic Category

oceans, location

Other Subject Keywords

video observation, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, navigation, USGS, oceanographic observations, stations, sampling, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, WHCMSC, CMHRP, U.S. Geological Survey, marine geology

Place Keywords

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Stellwagen Bank, Massachusetts, SBNMS, United States, Atlantic Ocean, North America, Massachusetts Bay

Station and data summary for data collected on Stellwagen Bank during U.S. Geological Survey field activity 2014-015-FA, aboard the R/V Auk, May 22-23 and 29-30, 2014

This field activity is part of the effort to map geologic substrates of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts. The overall goal is to develop high-resolution (1:25,000) interpretive maps, based on multibeam sonar data and seabed sampling, showing surficial geology and seabed sediment dynamics. This cruise was conducted in collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and the data collected will aid research on the ecology of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit the region. The Sanctuary's research vessel, R/V Auk, visited 48 locations on Stellwagen Bank at which a customized Van Veen grab sampler (SEABOSS) equipped with a video camera and a CTD was deployed in drift mode to collect sediment for grain-size analysis, video imagery of the seabed, and measurements of water column properties.

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Author(s) Page C Valentine orcid, VeeAnn A Cross orcid
Publication Date 2020
Beginning Date of Data 2014-05-22
Ending Date of Data 2014-05-30
Data Contact
Page C. Valentine
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P93OZR8C
Citation Valentine, P.C., and Cross, V.A., 2020, Station and data summary for data collected on Stellwagen Bank during U.S. Geological Survey field activity 2014-015-FA, aboard the R/V Auk, May 22-23 and 29-30, 2014: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P93OZR8C.
Metadata Contact
VeeAnn A. Cross
Metadata Date 2024-03-18
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