U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-BRANCH OF ATLANTIC MARINE GEOLOGY
e-MAIL post-CRUISE REPORT
1. SHIP NAME : R/V CHAPMAN
2. CRUISE SERIAL# AND LEG: CHAP95-1 CHAP 95014
3. PROJECT # AND NAME: 9470-31673 Oculina Bank
4. FUNDING AGENCY: NOAA/NMFS and USGS
5. CONTRACT (If applicable):
6. AREA OF OPERATIONS: shelf edge off east central Florida
7. DATES AND PORTS OF CALL: 27Feb95 - 8Mar95, Port Canaveral
8. CHIEF SCIENTIST(S): Kathryn Scanlon, USGS (Woods Hole) Churchill Grimes, NMFS (Panama City) - disembarked 1Mar95
9. SCIENTIFIC PARTY (Names,affiliations,cruise duties): Dave Nichols, USGS (Woods Hole), sidescan technician Tom O'Brien, USGS (Woods Hole), sidescan technician Chris Koenig, NMFS (Panama City), biologist - disembarked 1Mar95 Mark Grace, NMFS (Pascagoula), technician Chris Gledhill, NMFS (Pascagoula), technician & party chief Cliff Harper, Stennis Space Center (Bay St. Louis), ROV technician Jennifer Potts, NMFS (Beaufort), biological technician
10. SHIP'S CAPTAIN (and affiliation): Lt. Ablondi (NOAA)
11. PURPOSE OF CRUISE (brief statement): For USGS, to map the surficial geology of the deep-water (50-100m) Oculina reef area, which is an important spawning habitat for grouper, within and outside the Experimental Oculina Research Reserve (EORR) off east central Florida. For NMFS, to observe grouper spawning aggregations using acoustics and video (ROV). Only sidescan aspects reported here.
12. NAVIGATION TECHNIQUES: GPS, with P code descrambler.
13. SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT: SIS 1000 sidescan sonar (O'Connell, Wesleyan)
14. TABULATED INFORMATION: DAYS AT SEA: 7 CONTINUOUS DATA (in km): 425 line-km within the EORR 240 line-km from the area north of the EORR
15. PAGE-SIZE TRACKCHART (including station & line #'s):
16. SUBMITTED and DATE: Kathryn Scanlon - 22 June 95
CHAPMAN CHAP 95014 SCANLON/GRIMES OCULINA BANK, FL FEB 27-MAR 8, 1995
SSS/CHIRP Line Start Date Start JD/Time End Date End JD/Time (M/D/Y) (GMT) (M/D/Y) (GMT)
1 Feb 27, 1995 059/0142 Feb 27, 1995 059/0531
2 Feb 27, 1995 059/0602 Feb 27, 1995 059/1013
3 Feb 27, 1995 059/1043 Feb 27, 1995 059/1451
4 Feb 27, 1995 059/1530 Feb 27, 1995 059/1916
5 Feb 27, 1995 059/1932 Feb 27, 1995 059/????
6 Mar 4, 1995 063/0030 Mar 4, 1995 063/0616
7 Mar 4, 1995 063/0630 Mar 4, 1995 063/1208
8 Mar 4, 1995 063/1731 Mar 4, 1995 063/2340
9 Mar 5, 1995 064/2359 Mar 5, 1995 064/0521
10 Mar 5, 1995 064/0540 Mar 5, 1995 064/1118
11 Mar 5, 1995 064/1804 Mar 5, 1995 064/2329
12 Mar 5, 1995 064/2355 Mar 5, 1995 064/0524
13 Mar 6, 1995 065/0531 Mar 6, 1995 065/1117
14 Mar 6, 1995 065/1828 Mar 6, 1995 065/2334
15 Mar 6, 1995 065/2348 Mar 7, 1995 066/0515
16 Mar 7, 1995 066/1223 Mar 7, 1995 066/1334
17 Mar 7, 1995 066/1403 Mar 7, 1995 066/1722
18 Mar 7, 1995 066/1745 Mar 7, 1995 066/2215
19 Mar 7, 1995 066/2225 Mar 7, 1995 066/2356
20 Mar 8, 1995 067/0014 Mar 8, 1995 067/0140