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Metadata
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ID
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W-2-06-MB
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Also Known As
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MBARI T954 to T958
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Abstract
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Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute,United States
Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Chief Scientists:
Charlie Paull, Jim Barry (MBARI). Sampling, redeployment of
moorings data (vibratingcore, pushcore, ROV, camera) of field
activity W-2-06-MB in Monterey Bay from 03/21/2006 to
03/27/2006
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Organization
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Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
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Project/Theme
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Urban Ocean
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Chief Scientist
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Charlie Paull
Jim Barry (MBARI)
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Activity Type
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Sampling, redeployment of moorings
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Platform
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Western Flyer
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Area of Operation
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Monterey Bay
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Location map
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Bounding Coordinates
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36.25169
-124.01016 -121.98727
36.13722
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Ports
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LEAVE Moss Landing
ARRIVE Moss Landing
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Dates
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03/21/2006 (JD 080) to 03/27/2006 (JD 086)
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Analog Materials
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No analog holdings.
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Index map
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Information Specialist
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Crew
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Bill Ussler
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Patrick Whaling
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Rendy Keaten
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Craig McLain
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Larry Bird
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Kim Fulton-Bennett
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MBARI
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Equipment Used
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vibratingcore
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pushcore
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ROV
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camera
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Purpose
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We will be servicing and re-deploying instrument packages in ~3,400 m
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of water in the axis of Monterey Canyon channel at Shepard Meander and on its
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adjacent flank. This equipment was launched during the Western Flyer's
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Oct. 3-5, 2005 cruise. The equipment includes an ROV serviceable Remote
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Instrument Node (RIN), two moorings containing benthic sediment traps and a
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McLane profiler. The McLane profiler (MMP) will be recovered but not
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redeployed until the April MOOS deployment trip (April 27-May 4). A new RIN
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frame will be deployed on the flank of the canyon in preparation for the
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full-up MOOS deployment trip (April 27-May 4). We anticipate visiting this
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RIN with Tiburon dive to confirm that it survived the deployment and to
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collect samples that characterize this area of the canyon/fan channel's flank.
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A second priority is to collect sediment samples and benthic biological
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samples to assess benthic community structure on the Monterey Fan, in
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association with the Shepard Meander project and benthic biology project.
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This will be done by ROV diving on remote areas of the fan away from the
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Monterey fan valley. Samples also may be collected using the MLML multi-corer
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as time and weather allow. This will be done in the middle of the cruise,
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after the instruments in Shepard Meander are recovered, but before they are
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re-deployed. In the event of poor weather and on the last day we will try to
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collect vibracore and sampling transect in the heads of several canyons near
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shore.
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Information to be Derived
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Evaluate the recent history of sediment transport through Monterey
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Canyon and on to Monterey Fan seaward of the Shepard Meander. This is a
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continuation of earlier collaborative work with MBARI scientists. Initiate
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sampling program to look at sediment transport in several of the smaller
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canyons south of Pt. Sur, e.g., Sur, Partington and Lucia Canyons.
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Notes
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cores in Bldg. 15 refer
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(1) Station IDs reflect the Tiburon dive numbers set by MBARI.
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(2) Sample numbers for the push cores are generally not consecutive but
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reflect permanent labels on coring and other devices that are randomly chosen
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before each dive, and many of the push cores are reused in later dives. USGS
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sample protocol could not used during dives except for the Activity ID
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(W-1-05-SC).
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(3) Sample numbers recorded in FACS reflect only those samples that will be
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brought to the USGS for logging, description, and, in most cases, archiving.
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Got Help?
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For W-2-06-MB, we would appreciate any information on -- crew, information to be derived, equipment used, information specialist, publications, purpose, summary.
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