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Climate Change Database Inventory: Benthic
Organization: Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Contact: Bob Diaz
Email: diaz@vims.edu
Web address: http://www.vims.edu/bio/benthic/vabeach/vimsvab.html
or http://www.mms.gov/itd/pubs/1997/97-0025/hobbs1.pdf
Database name: Benthic Habitats and Biological Resources off the Virginia Coast
Description: Task 1of the “Environmental Studies Relative to Potential Sand Mining in the Vicinity of the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia" involved benthic surveys of the region conducted by V. I. M. S. using sediment profile imaging and bottom grab samples.
Benthic habitats and non-commercial biological communities offshore Virginia were surveyed 1996 and 1997 in the vicinity of potential sand mining activities, where borrow areas had been identified and in regions of possible future interest . Benthic surveys were conducted semi-annually, during which sediment profile imaging (SPI) and standard bottom photographic camera systems and Smith-MacIntyre grabs were deployed. The study area offshore Virginia extended from just inside the three-mile line to approximately 10 miles offshore, and from the latitude of the southern shore of Chesapeake Bay mouth (36.925° N) to a few miles south of Sandbridge, VA (36.675° N). |
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