Prince Madog ISIS29 (UCES22/G)

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info.
Ship name (ship code)	Prince Madog (74PD)
Cruise identifier	ISIS29 (UCES22/G)
Cruise period	1981-10-13 — 1981-10-14
Status	Completed
Port of departure	Menai Bridge, United Kingdom
Port of return	Menai Bridge, United Kingdom
Purpose	Research
Objectives	Survey cruise contributing to research directed toward an understanding of how the physics of the Irish Sea and surrounding regions (Celtic Sea, St, George's Channel, North Channel and Clyde Sea) determined biogeochemical processes and sediment transport.
Chief scientist	Toby J Sherwin (University of Wales, Bangor School of Ocean Sciences)
Project	Interdisciplinary Study of the Irish Sea
Ocean/sea areas
General	Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
Measurements
Physical oceanography
Surface measurements underway (T,S)
Transparency (eg transmissometer)	Description: beam attenuation
Current meters	Quantity: 1 Description: 127 days,2 c.m.on one mooring recovered(deployed 9. june 1981)
Biology and fisheries
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)	Quantity: 10
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)	Description: chlorophyll fluorescence
Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC)	Quantity: 10 Description: yellow substances
Seston	Quantity: 10
Meteorology
Incident radiation
Other meteorological measurements	Description: data buoy recovered,deployed 9 June 1981