Research area: Bell Island Tickle and Southern Conception Bay (map on next slide) Work accomplished: Ship based electronic surveys and sampling: bathymetrical mapping, subsurface profiling, water column properties, current measurements Ship based biological water column and bottom sediment sampling Recovery of mooring: current and temperature measurements Field Oceanography Cruise Report Team 5, Leg 3 Lina StolzeAllison Kennedy Madlena Hakobyan Peter Hülse
Ship Trajectory, Day 4 and Day 5
Stations Sampled, Day 4 and Day 5
BioSonics Eco-sounder - Day 5
Towed ADCP
EdgeTech Subbottom Profiles Seafloor characteristics Geology Sedimentary deposits and subsurface stratigraphy
EdgeTech Subbottom Profiles Shape and internal structures of sedimentary deposits Sediment properties: grain size distribution, isotopic signatures,… Excellent proxies for paleo environmental studies
Sidescan Sonar
Multi-Beam Sonar, IMAGENEX MODEL 837 “Delta T” 300m MULTIBEAM PROFILING SONAR
CTD – Day 4 blue: station 4 red: station 5 green: station 6
Secchi Disk StationLatitudeLongitudeSeastateDate Local Time Photic zone depth S4N 47°33.997W 053°10.616calm10/9/0814:1111 m S5N 47°31.126W 053°08.921calm10/9/0814:5511 m S6N 47°34.418W 052°59.931choppy10/10/0814:1111 m
Plankton Net Typical Organisms Copepod Cladoceran Gastropod Larvae Chaetognath Larvacean Starfish Larvae Echinoderm Larvae Jelly Ctenophore
Moored ADCP
Moored Thermistors
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