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    "tag": 17301,
    "title": "CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) data collected on Stellwagen Bank during U.S. Geological Survey field activity 2017-043-FA, aboard the R\/V Auk, Aug. 22 and 23, 2017",
    "pubdate": "2018",
    "sername": null,
    "series_name": null,
    "issue": "DOI:10.5066\/P9A57QWI",
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    "onlink": "https:\/\/cmgds.marine.usgs.gov\/catalog\/whcmsc\/field_activities\/2017_043_fa\/2017-043-FA_CTD_meta.faq.html",
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    "descript": "This field activity is part of an effort to map geologic substrates of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts. The overall goal is to develop high-resolution (1:25,000-scale) interpretive maps, based on multibeam sonar data and seabed sampling, showing surficial geology and seabed sediment dynamics. The data collected in this study will aid research on the ecology of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit the region. On August 22 and 23, 2017, the U.S. Geological Survey, in collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, conducted a research cruise aboard the Sanctuary\u2019s Research Vessel Auk, visiting 39 locations within the sanctuary. A customized Van Veen grab sampler (SEABOSS) equipped with a video camera and a conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) instrument was deployed in drift mode to collect sediment for grain-size analysis, video imagery of the seabed, and measurements of water column properties.",
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    "originator": [
        {
            "name": "Valentine, Page C.",
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        {
            "name": "Cross, VeeAnn A.",
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            "name": "CTD measurement",
            "scope": "Instrumental determination of conductivity, temperature, and pressure as a function of depth to determine the salinity of seawater."
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            "code": "817",
            "name": "ocean salinity",
            "scope": "Measure of the percentage of dissolved salts in seawater."
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            "scope": "Distribution of heat in the oceans, including surface water, thermocline and mode waters, and deep waters.  Includes discussion and measures of both in-situ and potential temperature."
        },
        {
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            "code": "1377",
            "name": "turbidity",
            "scope": "Cloudiness in the water column, caused by the presence of suspended and dissolved matter such as clay, silt, organic matter, or plankton."
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        {
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