Cruise inventory
RV Plymouth Quest PQ081006
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |||||||||
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Plymouth Quest (74PQ) | ||||||||
| Cruise identifier | PQ081006 | ||||||||
| Cruise period | 2008-10-06 — 2008-10-06 | ||||||||
| Status | Completed | ||||||||
| Port of departure | Plymouth, United Kingdom | ||||||||
| Port of return | Plymouth, United Kingdom | ||||||||
| Purpose | Research | ||||||||
| Objectives | Sampling and measurements at L4 and E1 time series stations. | ||||||||
| Chief scientist | Tim Smyth (Plymouth Marine Laboratory) | ||||||||
| Project | Western Channel Observatory | ||||||||
| Coordinating body | Plymouth Marine Laboratory | ||||||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||
| General | English Channel | ||||||||
| Specific | Western English Channel | ||||||||
| Data held at BODC | |||||||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||||||
| 1 CTD/STD cast | Density of the water column Raw fluorometer output Temperature of the water column Salinity of the water column Reference numbers Vertical spatial coordinates Density of the water column Raw fluorometer output Temperature of the water column Salinity of the water column Reference numbers Vertical spatial coordinates
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| Discrete samples | |||||||||
| 1 CTD frame plus rosette sampler | Particulate total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column Particulate total and organic carbon concentrations in the water column Silicate concentration parameters in the water column Ammonium concentration parameters in the water column Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in the water column | ||||||||
| 1 Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supply | Carotenoid pigment concentrations in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in the water column | ||||||||
| 1 Surface water sample collected by a bucket on a rope | Temperature of the water column |
