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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS Charles Darwin (74AB) cruise CD86

Introduction

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Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RRS Charles Darwin (74AB) cruise CD86
Short name CD86
Objectives and Narrative The major aims of the cruise were to collect data at stations along the OMEX transect regarding the composition of the watercolumn, to establish the salinity, temperature, nutrient and oxygen conditions and distribution of these parameters in the watercolumn and in the near bottom waters and surface sediments, and to recognize, discriminate, and sample bottom nepheloid layers in the watercolumn by application of transmissometer, nephelometer and watersampling simultaneous with CTD in the Goban Spur area.
Furthermore to carry out sediment sampling by piston- and boxcoring, and to carry out porewater sampling in boxcores for studies of early diagenesis, in relation to in-situ measurements of oxygen profiles and electrical resistivity in the bottomwater and the surface sediments by deployment of the TROL (Temperature Resistivity Oxygen) lander.
Benthic fluxes of oxygen and nutrients were measured in situ with the NIOZ BOLAS (Benthic Oxygen Lander System) lander, and by sediment deck incubation of boxcores to similarly obtain benthic fluxes of oxygen and nutrients across the sediment water interface. Additional boxcore samples were taken to establish the benthic macro- and meifaunal community structure in the near surface sediments.
Ship RRS Charles Darwin
Departure Port Barry, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1994-05-20
Arrival Port Barry, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1994-06-13
Principal Scientist(s) Tjeerd van Weering (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research)
Responsible Organisation Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Associated Project(s) OMEX/MAST
IHB Sea Areas Visited North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Marsden Squares Visited 146;3/181;2
Work Area Description Porcupine Sea Bight, NE Atlantic
Unable to lookup cruise bounds at this time
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 = 13
Description:  
Optics (eg underwater light levels) Quantity: number of stations = 3
Description: ATTNZR01 Red light attenuance (unspecified beam)  
Chemical oceanography  
Ammonia Quantity: number of stations = 3
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Nitrate Quantity: number of stations = 3
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Nitrite Quantity: number of stations = 3
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Oxygen Quantity: number of stations = 13
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Phosphate Quantity: number of stations = 3
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Silicate Quantity: number of stations = 3
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Biology and fisheries  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Quantity: number of stations = 3
Description: CPHLPR01 In-situ fluorometer chlorophyll  
Zooplankton Quantity: number of stations = 1
Description: MZBNMITX Total microzooplankton abundance (cell numbers)  
Zooplankton Quantity: number of stations = 1
Description: MZBCMITX Total microzooplankton biomass (expressed as carbon)  
Geology and geophysics  
Other geological/geophysical measurements Quantity: number of stations = 3
Description: TSEDGVP2 Total spm (gravimetry)  

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
12 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
5 Bottle station Quality control flags
Reference numbers
Unclassified pigment concentrations in the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
1 Bottom Lander (miscellaneous instruments) Date and time
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Vertical velocity of the water column (currents)
13 CTD/STD cast Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Density of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Raw suspended particulate material concentration sensor output
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates

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

Full List

BODC Reference Instrument Description Date/Time Location  
444394 Bottom Lander (miscellaneous instruments) 1994-06-30 22:15Z to 1994-11-12 15:15Z 49° 11' N, 12° 49' W Click for more
973908 CTD/STD cast 1994-05-20 15:27Z 50° 40' N, 7° 37' W Click for more
973921 CTD/STD cast 1994-05-23 08:09Z 49° 28' N, 11° 8' W Click for more
973933 CTD/STD cast 1994-05-23 15:37Z 49° 24' N, 11° 31' W Click for more
973945 CTD/STD cast 1994-05-24 13:20Z 49° 22' N, 11° 47' W Click for more
973957 CTD/STD cast 1994-06-09 10:10Z 49° 4' N, 11° 44' W Click for more
973969 CTD/STD cast 1994-06-10 07:22Z 49° 22' N, 11° 0' W Click for more
973970 CTD/STD cast 1994-06-04 14:30Z 49° 13' N, 12° 30' W Click for more
973982 CTD/STD cast 1994-06-05 17:52Z 48° 49' N, 12° 45' W Click for more
973994 CTD/STD cast 1994-06-07 08:39Z 48° 51' N, 12° 39' W Click for more
974008 CTD/STD cast 1994-05-29 09:51Z 49° 5' N, 13° 25' W Click for more
974021 CTD/STD cast 1994-05-31 11:10Z 49° 2' N, 13° 42' W Click for more
974033 CTD/STD cast 1994-05-25 13:50Z 49° 11' N, 12° 45' W Click for more
974045 CTD/STD cast 1994-05-27 08:45Z 49° 9' N, 13° 5' W Click for more
1259825 Bottle station 1994-05-23 08:14Z 49° 28' N, 11° 8' W Click for more
1259837 Bottle station 1994-05-23 15:16Z 49° 24' N, 11° 31' W Click for more
1259849 Bottle station 1994-05-24 12:54Z 49° 22' N, 11° 47' W Click for more
1259850 Bottle station 1994-05-25 14:24Z 49° 11' N, 12° 45' W Click for more
1259862 Bottle station 1994-05-27 07:57Z 49° 9' N, 13° 5' W Click for more
1259874 Bottle station 1994-05-29 08:37Z 49° 5' N, 13° 25' W Click for more
1259886 Bottle station 1994-05-31 09:46Z 49° 2' N, 13° 42' W Click for more
1259898 Bottle station 1994-06-04 14:57Z 49° 13' N, 12° 30' W Click for more
1259905 Bottle station 1994-06-05 18:34Z 48° 49' N, 12° 45' W Click for more
1259917 Bottle station 1994-06-07 07:53Z 48° 51' N, 12° 39' W Click for more
1259929 Bottle station 1994-06-09 09:48Z 49° 4' N, 11° 44' W Click for more
1259930 Bottle station 1994-06-10 07:14Z 49° 22' N, 11° 0' W Click for more
1663736 Bottle station 1994-05-23 08:14Z 49° 28' N, 11° 8' W Click for more
1663748 Bottle station 1994-05-23 15:16Z 49° 24' N, 11° 31' W Click for more
1663761 Bottle station 1994-05-24 12:54Z 49° 22' N, 11° 47' W Click for more
1663773 Bottle station 1994-05-25 14:24Z 49° 11' N, 12° 45' W Click for more
1663785 Bottle station 1994-05-29 08:37Z 49° 5' N, 13° 25' W Click for more

Project Database

# Events Gear Type Parameters Held
88 Box core Insect and earthworm taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the bed
Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance
Other fluxes between the bed and the water column
Sediment age
Zoobenthos taxonomy-related wet weight biomass per unit area of the bed
Concentration of proteins in sediment
Dissolved oxygen parameters for sediments
Sediment microfossil morphology parameters
Nutrient concentrations in sediment pore waters
Concentration of inorganic sulphur species in sediment pore water
Stable isotopes in sediment
Zoobenthos generic abundance
Sediment resistivity
Unclassified pigment concentrations in sediment
Geological sample density

Concentrations of biopolymers in sediment
Geological sample radioactivity
Sediment water content, porosity and surface area
Biodiversity indices
Sediment accumulation rate
Sediment grain size parameters
Metal concentrations in sediment pore waters
Nitrogen concentrations in sediment
Carbon concentrations in sediment
20 Bottom Lander Particulate total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column
Other fluxes between the bed and the water column
Turbulence in the water column
Sediment resuspension
Salinity of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters for sediments
Temperature of the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Sediment resistivity

Sedimentation flux of pigments in the water column
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Particulate total and organic carbon concentrations in the water column
18 CTD frame plus rosette sampler Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Temperature of the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Unclassified pigment concentrations in the water column

Microzooplankton non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column
Density of the water column
Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
Microzooplankton generic abundance in water bodies
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
9 Piston corer Sediment age
Sediment microfossil morphology parameters
Geological sample density

Sediment water content, porosity and surface area
4 3.5 kHz seismic survey.

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

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