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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS James Clark Ross (74JC) cruise JR17007

Introduction

This report collates information from the BODC cruise inventory and oceanographic databases. It presents

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RRS James Clark Ross (74JC) cruise JR17007
Short name JR17007
Objectives and Narrative Rates of warming in the high northern latitudes are amongst the highest globally. One of the most obvious manifestations is the dramatic reduction in summer sea ice extent and thickness over the past few decades. JR17007 is the second in a series of three cruises to the Barents Sea supporting the diet of scientific research within the Changing Arctic Ocean research programme, funded by NERC. The primary objective of the cruise was to collect a suite of pelagic and benthic samples across the 30? longitude water mass and sea-ice gradient occupied by the first cruise, JR16006, in 2017. The report includes a description of the sampling and data collection across 6 benthic focus sites, a series of water mass stations, continuous atmospheric methane sampling whilst underway, experimental observations and sampling of sea ice at and beyond the ice edge achieved during July-August, 2018. These were occupied as part of ongoing effort aimed at understanding the effect of changing sea ice cover on organic matter quality, benthic biodiversity, biological transformations of carbon and nutrient pools, and resulting ecosystem functioning at the Arctic Ocean seafloor.
Ship RRS James Clark Ross
Departure Port Tromsų, Norway
Departure Date 2018-07-10
Arrival Port Southampton, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 2018-08-05
Principal Scientist(s) Martin Solan (University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Science)
Responsible Organisation British Antarctic Survey
Associated Project(s) The Changing Arctic Ocean Seafloor (ChAOS)
IHB Sea Areas Visited Barents Sea
Marsden Squares Visited 284/285/932/933
Work Area Description
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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 stations = 20
Description: CTD profiles measuring: pressure, temperature, conductivity, salinity, dissolved oxygen, PAR, fluorometry, beam attenuation  
Current profiler (eg ADCP) Quantity: number of stations = 20
Description: LADCP profiles (two instruments set to measure downwards)  
Surface measurements underway (T,S) Quantity: activity duration in days = 26
Description: Continuous measurements of navigation, meteorology and surface hydrography parameters  
Chemical oceanography  
Ammonia Quantity: number of stations = 23
Description: Nutrients, Nitrate isotopes from saples collected from seawater, sediment pore waters and sea ice  
Ammonia Quantity: number of cores = 47
Description: Sediment cohesion and erodibility, sediment properties (porosity and organic carbon content), sediment pigments, suspended particulate matter, pore water and overlying core bottom water bioirrigation, advective pressure, optical backscatter and core bottom water nutrients  
Isotopes Quantity: number of stations = 23
Description: d18O, dBa and dSi determination from seawater, sediment pore waters and sea ice  
Isotopes Quantity: number of stations = 7
Description: CTD surface water samples for POM and 13C-DIC determination  
Isotopes Quantity: number of samples = 293
Description: Discrete measurements of water CH4 concentration, and CH4 isotopic composition  
Isotopes Quantity: number of samples = 28
Description: Non-toxic underway samples for nifH-gene and POM  
Nitrate Quantity: number of cores = 47
Description: Sediment cohesion and erodibility, sediment properties (porosity and organic carbon content), sediment pigments, suspended particulate matter, pore water and overlying core bottom water bioirrigation, advective pressure, optical backscatter and core bottom water nutrients  
Nitrate Quantity: number of stations = 23
Description: Nutrients, Nitrate isotopes from saples collected from seawater, sediment pore waters and sea ice  
Nitrite Quantity: number of cores = 47
Description: Sediment cohesion and erodibility, sediment properties (porosity and organic carbon content), sediment pigments, suspended particulate matter, pore water and overlying core bottom water bioirrigation, advective pressure, optical backscatter and core bottom water nutrients  
Nitrite Quantity: number of stations = 23
Description: Nutrients, Nitrate isotopes from saples collected from seawater, sediment pore waters and sea ice  
Other chemical oceanographic measurements Quantity: number of stations = 7
Description: Water samples for radiocarbon measurements  
Other chemical oceanographic measurements Quantity: number of cores = 22
Description: Benthic community function, nitrogen cycling, nitrification, denitrification  
Other chemical oceanographic measurements Quantity: number of samples = 28
Description: Non-toxic underway samples for nifH-gene and POM  
Other dissolved gases Quantity: number of samples = 293
Description: Discrete measurements of water CH4 concentration, and CH4 isotopic composition  
Other dissolved gases Quantity: activity duration in days = 26
Description: Continuous water measurements for CH4  
Other dissolved gases Quantity: number of stations = 6
Description: CTD water samples for methane and N2O concentrations at specific PAR depths  
Oxygen Quantity: number of stations = 15
Description: Oxygen concentration from seawater samples for CTD calibration purposes  
Phosphate Quantity: number of cores = 47
Description: Sediment cohesion and erodibility, sediment properties (porosity and organic carbon content), sediment pigments, suspended particulate matter, pore water and overlying core bottom water bioirrigation, advective pressure, optical backscatter and core bottom water nutrients  
Phosphate Quantity: number of stations = 9
Description: CTD water samples for Primary Production, bacterial production, Phosphate uptake, extra-celular enzime activity, phytoplankton samples for community composition and molecular samples for bacterial and phytoplankton community composition, flow cytometry  
Phosphate Quantity: number of stations = 23
Description: Nutrients, Nitrate isotopes from saples collected from seawater, sediment pore waters and sea ice  
Silicate Quantity: number of stations = 23
Description: Nutrients, Nitrate isotopes from saples collected from seawater, sediment pore waters and sea ice  
Silicate Quantity: number of cores = 47
Description: Sediment cohesion and erodibility, sediment properties (porosity and organic carbon content), sediment pigments, suspended particulate matter, pore water and overlying core bottom water bioirrigation, advective pressure, optical backscatter and core bottom water nutrients  
Contamination  
Other contaminant measurements Quantity: number of track lines = 10
Description: Microplastics in surface waters  
Other contaminant measurements Quantity: number of cores = 18
Description: Microplastics in sediment samples  
Biology and fisheries  
Biochemical measurements (eg lipids, amino acids) Quantity: number of stations = 12
Description: Water samples for pigments, DOC, lipids  
Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC) Quantity: number of stations = 12
Description: Water samples for pigments, DOC, lipids  
Other biological/fisheries measurement Quantity: number of stations = 4
Description: Water samples for lipid biomarker  
Other biological/fisheries measurement Quantity: number of hauls = 30
Description: Reproduction samples  
Other biological/fisheries measurement Quantity: number of cores = 7
Description: Samples collected from box corer deployments for biological measurements  
Other biological/fisheries measurement Quantity: number of cores = 39
Description: Bioturbation incubation experiments, climate experiments  
Other biological/fisheries measurement Quantity: number of stations = 6
Description: Benthic marine invertebrates for radiocarbon dating  
Other biological/fisheries measurement Quantity: number of cores = 24
Description: DNA from sediment samples  
Other biological/fisheries measurement Quantity: number of stations = 9
Description: CTD water samples for Primary Production, bacterial production, Phosphate uptake, extra-celular enzime activity, phytoplankton samples for community composition and molecular samples for bacterial and phytoplankton community composition, flow cytometry  
Other biological/fisheries measurement Quantity: number of cores = 47
Description: Sediment cohesion and erodibility, sediment properties (porosity and organic carbon content), sediment pigments, suspended particulate matter, pore water and overlying core bottom water bioirrigation, advective pressure, optical backscatter and core bottom water nutrients  
Phytoplankton Quantity: number of stations = 9
Description: CTD water samples for Primary Production, bacterial production, Phosphate uptake, extra-celular enzime activity, phytoplankton samples for community composition and molecular samples for bacterial and phytoplankton community composition, flow cytometry  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Quantity: number of cores = 24
Description: Surface sediment pigments from megacorer samples  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Quantity: number of stations = 12
Description: Water samples for pigments, DOC, lipids  
Primary productivity Quantity: number of stations = 9
Description: CTD water samples for Primary Production, bacterial production, Phosphate uptake, extra-celular enzime activity, phytoplankton samples for community composition and molecular samples for bacterial and phytoplankton community composition, flow cytometry  
Zoobenthos Quantity: number of hauls = 3
Description: Species ID, biomass an abundance  
Zoobenthos Quantity: number of cores = 77
Description: Meio, macrofauna and megafauna species ID, abundance and biomass, particle size analysis  
Zoobenthos Quantity: number of hauls = 24
Description: Biological blue carbon in marine invertebrates  
Meteorology  
Atmospheric chemistry Quantity: number of samples = 55
Description: Discrete measurements of atmospheric CH4 concentration, and CH4 isotopic composition  
Routine standard measurements Quantity: activity duration in days = 26
Description: Continuous measurements of navigation, meteorology and surface hydrography parameters  
Geology and geophysics  
Other geological/geophysical measurements Quantity: number of cores = 24
Description: ICP analysis of pore waters for major trace elements, XRF on sediments, rare earth elements determination on pore waters  
Other geological/geophysical measurements Quantity: number of stations = 7
Description: Acoustic doppler velocimeter measurements from sediment cores  
Other geological/geophysical measurements Quantity: number of cores = 47
Description: Sediment cohesion and erodibility, sediment properties (porosity and organic carbon content), sediment pigments, suspended particulate matter, pore water and overlying core bottom water bioirrigation, advective pressure, optical backscatter and core bottom water nutrients  
Other geological/geophysical measurements Quantity: number of cores = 24
Description: Sediment samples for organic geochemistry,  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

No information on datasets is currently available

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
2 Bottle station Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Quality control flags
Reference numbers
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
7 Bottle station Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Quality control flags
Reference numbers
Vertical spatial coordinates
7 Bottle station Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Quality control flags
Reference numbers
Vertical spatial coordinates
10 Bottle station Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Quality control flags
Reference numbers
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
20 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
Raw oxygen sensor output
Reference numbers
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column

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

Full List

BODC Reference Instrument Description Date/Time Location  
1926526 CTD/STD cast 2018-07-11 03:10Z 72° 37' N, 19° 15' E Click for more
1926538 CTD/STD cast 2018-07-14 07:39Z 74° 30' N, 30° 0' E Click for more
1926551 CTD/STD cast 2018-07-16 11:30Z 78° 15' N, 30° 0' E Click for more
1926563 CTD/STD cast 2018-07-18 06:36Z 81° 16' N, 29° 19' E Click for more
1926575 CTD/STD cast 2018-07-19 21:38Z 81° 31' N, 29° 28' E Click for more
1926587 CTD/STD cast 2018-07-20 12:28Z 82° 30' N, 28° 31' E Click for more
1926599 CTD/STD cast 2018-07-20 22:24Z 83° 3' N, 27° 39' E Click for more
1926606 CTD/STD cast 2018-07-21 09:00Z 82° 32' N, 27° 10' E Click for more
1926618 CTD/STD cast 2018-07-21 16:11Z 82° 2' N, 27° 16' E Click for more
1926631 CTD/STD cast 2018-07-21 20:05Z 81° 48' N, 27° 47' E Click for more
1926643 CTD/STD cast 2018-07-22 02:45Z 80° 59' N, 29° 31' E Click for more
1926655 CTD/STD cast 2018-07-22 05:08Z 80° 42' N, 29° 42' E Click for more
1926667 CTD/STD cast 2018-07-22 07:48Z 80° 24' N, 29° 53' E Click for more
1926679 CTD/STD cast 2018-07-22 10:18Z 80° 7' N, 30° 4' E Click for more
1926680 CTD/STD cast 2018-07-24 12:42Z 77° 48' N, 30° 7' E Click for more
1926692 CTD/STD cast 2018-07-24 16:43Z 77° 19' N, 30° 0' E Click for more
1926711 CTD/STD cast 2018-07-25 01:54Z 76° 30' N, 30° 30' E Click for more
1926723 CTD/STD cast 2018-07-26 16:53Z 77° 1' N, 29° 19' E Click for more
1926735 CTD/STD cast 2018-07-28 03:55Z 74° 30' N, 30° 0' E Click for more
1926747 CTD/STD cast 2018-07-29 07:25Z 72° 37' N, 19° 15' E Click for more
1965341 Bottle station 2018-07-11 03:32Z 72° 37' N, 19° 15' E Click for more
1965353 Bottle station 2018-07-14 08:01Z 74° 30' N, 30° 0' E Click for more
1965365 Bottle station 2018-07-16 11:59Z 78° 15' N, 30° 0' E Click for more
1965377 Bottle station 2018-07-18 06:58Z 81° 16' N, 29° 19' E Click for more
1965389 Bottle station 2018-07-22 10:35Z 80° 7' N, 30° 4' E Click for more
1965390 Bottle station 2018-07-25 02:12Z 76° 30' N, 30° 30' E Click for more
1965408 Bottle station 2018-07-26 17:09Z 77° 1' N, 29° 19' E Click for more
1965955 Bottle station 2018-07-11 03:32Z 72° 37' N, 19° 15' E Click for more
1965967 Bottle station 2018-07-14 08:01Z 74° 30' N, 30° 0' E Click for more
1965979 Bottle station 2018-07-16 11:59Z 78° 15' N, 30° 0' E Click for more
1965980 Bottle station 2018-07-18 06:58Z 81° 16' N, 29° 19' E Click for more
1965992 Bottle station 2018-07-22 10:35Z 80° 7' N, 30° 4' E Click for more
1966006 Bottle station 2018-07-25 02:12Z 76° 30' N, 30° 30' E Click for more
1966018 Bottle station 2018-07-26 17:09Z 77° 1' N, 29° 19' E Click for more
2143242 Bottle station 2018-07-11 03:31Z 72° 37' N, 19° 15' E Click for more
2143254 Bottle station 2018-07-14 08:01Z 74° 30' N, 30° 0' E Click for more
2143266 Bottle station 2018-07-16 11:59Z 78° 15' N, 30° 0' E Click for more
2143278 Bottle station 2018-07-18 06:57Z 81° 16' N, 29° 19' E Click for more
2143291 Bottle station 2018-07-19 22:11Z 81° 31' N, 29° 27' E Click for more
2143309 Bottle station 2018-07-20 22:38Z 83° 3' N, 27° 39' E Click for more
2143310 Bottle station 2018-07-21 09:11Z 82° 32' N, 27° 10' E Click for more
2143322 Bottle station 2018-07-21 16:26Z 82° 2' N, 27° 16' E Click for more
2143334 Bottle station 2018-07-21 20:14Z 81° 48' N, 27° 47' E Click for more
2143346 Bottle station 2018-07-22 10:34Z 80° 7' N, 30° 4' E Click for more
2143358 Bottle station 2018-07-25 02:12Z 76° 30' N, 30° 30' E Click for more
2143371 Bottle station 2018-07-26 17:09Z 77° 1' N, 29° 19' E Click for more

Project Database

No data currently held for this cruise in the BODC Project Database

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