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RV Plymouth Quest PQ080929
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Cruise Info. | |||||||||
Ship name (ship code) | RV Plymouth Quest (74PQ) | ||||||||
Cruise identifier | PQ080929 | ||||||||
Cruise period | 2008-09-29 — 2008-09-29 | ||||||||
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 | Get data | ||||||||
Series/Profiles | |||||||||
1 CTD/STD cast | Reference numbers Vertical spatial coordinates Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Density of the water column Raw fluorometer output Reference numbers Vertical spatial coordinates Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Density of the water column Raw fluorometer output
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Discrete samples | |||||||||
1 CTD frame plus rosette sampler | Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column Silicate concentration parameters in the water column Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column | ||||||||
1 Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supply | Carotenoid and flavenoid pigment concentrations in water bodies Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies | ||||||||
1 Surface water sample collected by a bucket on a rope | Temperature of the water column | ||||||||
1 WP-2 zooplankton net |