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RRS Discovery D121

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Discovery (74E3)
Cruise identifierD121
Cruise period1981-06-05 — 1981-06-26
StatusCompleted
Port of departurePonta Delgada, Portugal
Port of returnPonta Delgada, Portugal
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesThe cruise was designed to provide the main set of biological samples of plankton and micronekton for the study of the meandering frontal system between Eastern Atlantic Water and the Western Atlantic Water to the south-west of the Azores. The cruise was a follow up of the joint physical and biological cruise undertaken in late autumn 1980, and the preceeding two cruises during which physical observations were made and when the distribution of nutrient and fluorescence were studied in relation to the front as well as mapping and some biological sampling.
Chief scientistMartin V Angel (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory)
Cruise reportRRS Discovery D121 cruise report d121.pdf (0.81 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificMid-Atlantic (N)
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Quantity: track kilometres = 2222.4
BathythermographQuantity: number of profiles = 41
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 6
Chemical oceanography 
OxygenQuantity: number of stations = 3
Biology and fisheries 
ZooplanktonQuantity: number of stations = 6
Description: survey:taxonomy,biomass determination
NektonQuantity: number of stations = 6
Gear researchQuantity: number of deployments = 1
Data held at BODC 
Series/Profiles 
6  CTD/STD cast
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
2896751981-06-24 04:21  — 1981-06-24 04:47 32° 48' 42" N  32° 7' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 289675
2896381981-06-16 18:02  — 1981-06-16 19:24 30° 0' 16" N  31° 46' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 289638
2896141981-06-07 18:37  — 1981-06-07 20:34 32° 34' 17" N  31° 54' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 289614
2896631981-06-23 20:37  — 1981-06-23 20:51 32° 31' 59" N  32° 14' 29" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 289663
2896511981-06-21 08:09  — 1981-06-21 09:31 32° 30' 11" N  32° 0' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 289651
2896261981-06-11 19:02  — 1981-06-11 20:25 35° 3' 11" N  33° 3' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 289626