Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
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Cruise identifier | S4/82 |
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Cruise period | 1982-05-12 — 1982-06-04 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | South Shields, United Kingdom |
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Objectives | 1) The distribution of phytoplankton biomas in relation to the physical structure.
2) The utilisation of CZCS imagery in the determination of such distributions
3) The form and intensity of the Scottish coastal current |
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Chief scientist | John H Simpson (University of Wales, Bangor School of Ocean Sciences) |
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Cruise report | (0.09 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 179 |
Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Quantity: 60 Description: light-meter,UCNW version |
Current meters | Quantity: 7 Description: total of 18 c.m.(Aanderaa) |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Oxygen | Quantity: 70 Description: cont.O2 probe on ctd system |
Nitrate | Quantity: 52 Description: avg.of 6 depth per st. |
Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 50 Description: caesium |
Other chemical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: 66 Description: avg. 6 depth per st. |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 33 Description: chlorophyll measurements,phytoplankton species composition |
Zooplankton | Quantity: 60 Description: identification,distribution,physiology |
Birds | |