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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS Discovery cruise DY077

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Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RRS Discovery cruise DY077
Short name DY077
Objectives and Narrative The oceanic water column and the underlying seabed change on a variety of temporal and spatial scales. The objective of the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained observatory is to provide high temporal resolution (hours) of an increasing number of variables which are relevant from the perspective of the biology, physics and chemistry over a relatively small spatial scale (30km). The site has been under examination for over 20 years and during that time, substantial changes have been observed in the benthic environment. The intention is to sustain and enhance these observations in order that a deeper understanding is obtained into the processes which operate; in particular the responses to the changes which are currently taking place in the global environment. The objective of the cruise was primarily to service the infrastructure required for continuous sustained observation, and to put these into context using observations from the ship which as yet cannot be carried out autonomously. In parallel to maintaining and extending exisiting measurements, the over view was enhanced by parallel research into comparing methods of drifting sediment traps and collection of marine aggregates along with studies of the abundance, distribution of and composition of those aggregates. These investigations were carried out using a multi instrument observational approach combined with direct sampling. In addition the cruise achieved sampling of the abyssal plain seabed and its fauna via coring, trawling, and baited traps, and left in place a time-lapse camera system for extended (1-year) seafloor observation.
Ship RRS Discovery
Departure Port Southampton, United Kingdom
Departure Date 2017-04-14
Arrival Port Southampton, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 2017-05-01
Principal Scientist(s) Richard Stephen Lampitt (National Oceanography Centre, Southampton)
Responsible Organisation National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
Associated Project(s) Porcupine Abyssal Plain deep ocean observatory
IHB Sea Areas Visited North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Marsden Squares Visited 145/146/181
Work Area Description Porcupine Abyssal Plain
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Work Area Bounding Polygon
Southern Limit unknown
Northern Limit unknown
Western Limit unknown
Eastern Limit unknown

Cruise Inventory Datasets

Physical oceanography  
CTD stations Quantity: number of profiles = 23
Description: CTD measurements of pressure, salinity, temperature, oxygen, chlorophyll, plus water samples from some CTDs for chlorophyll, oxygen, salinity, DIC and Ammonia  
Biology and fisheries  
Crustaceans Quantity: number of hauls = 2
Description: Otter trawl samples of megabenthos  
Demersal fish Quantity: number of hauls = 2
Description: Otter trawl samples of megabenthos  
Molluscs Quantity: number of hauls = 2
Description: Otter trawl samples of megabenthos  
Other biological/fisheries measurement Quantity: number of stations = 3
Description: SAPS microplastics, ammonium, POC PA  
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) Quantity: number of stations = 10
Description: Snowcatcher water samples analysed for particle size and sinking speed  
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) Quantity: number of stations = 2
Description: In situ in-line Hologram water column profiles, (0-250m); Biogeochemical analysis  
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) Quantity: number of stations = 3
Description: SAPS microplastics, ammonium, POC PA  
Zoobenthos Quantity: number of hauls = 2
Description: Otter trawl samples of megabenthos  
Zoobenthos Quantity: number of stations = 10
Description: Multiple sediment cores for various analyses  
Zooplankton Quantity: number of stations = 5
Description: WP2, plankton net, 200µm, to 200m, 3 x midnight, 3 x noon  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

Latitude Longitude Data type Description
49° 0' N 16° 24' W Bottom photography Time-lapse camera deployment
49° 3' N 16° 18' W Carbon dioxide PAP1 Longterm Observatory Deployment
49° 2' N 16° 20' W Carbon dioxide PAP1 Longterm Observatory Recovery
49° 0' N 16° 25' W Crustaceans 2 x amphipod trap deployment recovery
49° 0' N 16° 28' W Current meters PAP3 deepwater sediment traps Deployment
49° 0' N 16° 29' W Current meters PAP3 deepwater sediment traps Recovery
49° 3' N 16° 20' W Neutrally buoyant floats Marine Snow Catcher
48° 58' N 16° 21' W Neutrally buoyant floats PELAGRA traps
49° 3' N 16° 18' W Nitrate PAP1 Longterm Observatory Deployment
49° 2' N 16° 20' W Nitrate PAP1 Longterm Observatory Recovery
49° 3' N 16° 18' W Optics (eg underwater light levels) PAP1 Longterm Observatory Deployment
49° 2' N 16° 20' W Optics (eg underwater light levels) PAP1 Longterm Observatory Recovery
49° 3' N 16° 18' W Oxygen PAP1 Longterm Observatory Deployment
49° 2' N 16° 20' W Oxygen PAP1 Longterm Observatory Recovery
49° 0' N 16° 28' W Oxygen PAP3 deepwater sediment traps Deployment
49° 0' N 16° 29' W Oxygen PAP3 deepwater sediment traps Recovery
49° 3' N 16° 18' W Primary productivity PAP1 Longterm Observatory Deployment
49° 2' N 16° 20' W Primary productivity PAP1 Longterm Observatory Recovery
49° 3' N 16° 20' W Sediment traps Marine Snow Catcher
49° 3' N 16° 20' W Sediment traps NBST tethered traps
49° 0' N 16° 28' W Sediment traps PAP3 deepwater sediment traps Deployment
49° 0' N 16° 29' W Sediment traps PAP3 deepwater sediment traps Recovery
48° 58' N 16° 21' W Sediment traps PELAGRA traps
49° 3' N 16° 20' W Surface drifters/drifting buoys NBST tethered traps
49° 0' N 16° 25' W Zoobenthos 2 x amphipod trap deployment recovery
49° 0' N 16° 24' W Zoobenthos Time-lapse camera deployment
49° 3' N 16° 18' W Zooplankton PAP1 Longterm Observatory Deployment
49° 2' N 16° 20' W Zooplankton PAP1 Longterm Observatory Recovery
49° 3' N 16° 18' W pH PAP1 Longterm Observatory Deployment
49° 2' N 16° 20' W pH PAP1 Longterm Observatory Recovery

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
7 Bottle station Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Quality control flags
Reference numbers
Vertical spatial coordinates
22 CTD/STD cast Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Density of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Optical backscatter
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
1 Fluorometers Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Date and time
Reference numbers
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
1 In-situ nutrient analyser Date and time
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Reference numbers
1 Meteorological data logger Air pressure
Air temperature
Atmospheric humidity
Date and time
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Raw light meter output
Solar Radiation
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the atmosphere
Wind strength and direction
1 Multiple instrument types Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Date and time
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Metadata parameters
Raw fluorometer output
Raw suspended particulate material concentration sensor output
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
1 Single-beam echosounder Bathymetry and Elevation
Date and time
Horizontal platform movement
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Platform or instrument orientation

Note: Parameter terms are taken from the BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary XML (SKOS)

Full List

BODC Reference Instrument Description Date/Time Location  
1816715 CTD/STD cast 2017-04-16 20:39Z 49° 3' N, 16° 20' W Click for more
1816727 CTD/STD cast 2017-04-16 22:27Z 49° 3' N, 16° 20' W Click for more
1816739 CTD/STD cast 2017-04-17 00:34Z 49° 3' N, 16° 20' W Click for more
1816740 CTD/STD cast 2017-04-19 09:02Z 48° 59' N, 16° 19' W Click for more
1816752 CTD/STD cast 2017-04-19 12:22Z 48° 57' N, 16° 25' W Click for more
1816764 CTD/STD cast 2017-04-19 15:19Z 49° 1' N, 16° 25' W Click for more
1816776 CTD/STD cast 2017-04-20 22:11Z 48° 58' N, 16° 28' W Click for more
1816788 CTD/STD cast 2017-04-21 05:22Z 49° 7' N, 16° 37' W Click for more
1816807 CTD/STD cast 2017-04-21 08:55Z 49° 11' N, 16° 42' W Click for more
1816819 CTD/STD cast 2017-04-21 12:35Z 49° 12' N, 16° 34' W Click for more
1816820 CTD/STD cast 2017-04-22 16:26Z 48° 50' N, 16° 31' W Click for more
1816832 CTD/STD cast 2017-04-23 12:04Z 49° 0' N, 16° 24' W Click for more
1816844 CTD/STD cast 2017-04-24 12:39Z 48° 56' N, 16° 15' W Click for more
1816856 CTD/STD cast 2017-04-24 15:47Z 48° 56' N, 16° 15' W Click for more
1816868 CTD/STD cast 2017-04-24 17:46Z 49° 0' N, 16° 22' W Click for more
1816881 CTD/STD cast 2017-04-24 19:37Z 48° 54' N, 16° 24' W Click for more
1816893 CTD/STD cast 2017-04-25 14:22Z 48° 59' N, 16° 24' W Click for more
1816900 CTD/STD cast 2017-04-26 12:01Z 48° 52' N, 16° 35' W Click for more
1816912 CTD/STD cast 2017-04-26 14:56Z 48° 54' N, 16° 42' W Click for more
1816924 CTD/STD cast 2017-04-26 18:01Z 48° 49' N, 16° 42' W Click for more
1816936 CTD/STD cast 2017-04-28 08:48Z 48° 47' N, 16° 46' W Click for more
1816948 CTD/STD cast 2017-04-28 10:57Z 48° 45' N, 16° 40' W Click for more
1836790 Single-beam echosounder 2017-04-14 08:33Z to 2017-05-01 07:08Z 48° 40' N to 50° 53' N; 16° 57' W to 1° 17' W Click for more
1836808 Meteorological data logger 2017-04-14 08:33Z to 2017-05-01 07:08Z 48° 40' N to 50° 53' N; 16° 57' W to 1° 17' W Click for more
1836821 Multiple instrument types 2017-04-14 08:33Z to 2017-05-01 07:08Z 48° 40' N to 50° 53' N; 16° 57' W to 1° 17' W Click for more
1874343 Bottle station 2017-04-16 20:52Z 49° 3' N, 16° 20' W Click for more
1874355 Bottle station 2017-04-17 02:51Z 49° 3' N, 16° 20' W Click for more
1874367 Bottle station 2017-04-19 09:18Z 48° 59' N, 16° 19' W Click for more
1874379 Bottle station 2017-04-19 12:47Z 48° 57' N, 16° 25' W Click for more
1874380 Bottle station 2017-04-21 00:03Z 48° 58' N, 16° 28' W Click for more
1874392 Bottle station 2017-04-22 16:49Z 48° 50' N, 16° 31' W Click for more
1874411 Bottle station 2017-04-25 15:06Z 48° 59' N, 16° 24' W Click for more
1922851 Fluorometers 2017-04-18 16:11Z to 2018-05-23 12:51Z 49° 3' N, 16° 18' W Click for more
1922863 In-situ nutrient analyser 2017-04-18 00:20Z to 2017-05-15 02:41Z 49° 3' N, 16° 18' W Click for more

Project Database

# Events Gear Type Parameters Held
2 Instrument mooring
22 CTD frame plus rosette sampler Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column

Note: Parameter terms are taken from the BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary XML (SKOS)

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