research area: bell island tickle and southern conception bay (map on next slide) work accomplished:...

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 ReportTeam 5, Leg 3

Lina Stolze Allison Kennedy Madlena Hakobyan Peter Hülse

Ship Trajectory, Day 4 and Day 5Ship Trajectory, Day 4 and Day 5

Stations Sampled, Day 4 and Day 5Stations Sampled, Day 4 and Day 5

BioSonics Eco-sounder - Day 5

Towed ADCPTowed ADCP

Towed ADCPTowed 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

Sidescan Sonar

Multi-Beam Sonar, IMAGENEX MODEL 837 “Delta T” 300m MULTIBEAM Multi-Beam Sonar, IMAGENEX MODEL 837 “Delta T” 300m MULTIBEAM

PROFILING SONARPROFILING SONAR

CTD – Day 4

blue: station 4

red: station 5

green: station 6

Secchi Disk

Station Latitude Longitude Seastate Date Local Time Photic zone depth

S4 N 47°33.997 W 053°10.616 calm 10/9/08 14:11 11 m

S5 N 47°31.126 W 053°08.921 calm 10/9/08 14:55 11 m

S6 N 47°34.418 W 052°59.931 choppy 10/10/08 14:11 11 m

Plankton NetTypical Organisms

• Copepod

• Cladoceran

• Gastropod Larvae

• Chaetognath

• Larvacean

• Starfish Larvae

• Echinoderm Larvae

• Jelly

• Ctenophore

Moored ADCPMoored ADCP

Moored Thermistors

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