Area of Operations: Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic Dates: September 18, 2006 to September 23, 2006 Chief scientist: Dann Blackwood
Kathryn Ford, DMF Objectives: Ground truth with SeaBOSS to collect sea-floor sediment samples, video transects and still photos in four areas with four sites each area. Type of Activity: Sampling
Seafloor mapping
Photography Information to be derived: Grain size analysis
Habitat maps Summary: Sediment samples processed and stored in WHSC; Field logs with Chris Hein, BU; Videos on tape and dvd with Dann Blackwood; Still photos on film and digitized on dvd with Dann Blackwood. USGS Project Number: 06-2921-AWW66 - Project Description
Contact: Dann Blackwood (dblackwood@usgs.gov)
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