RRS Frederick Russell FR8/83
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Frederick Russell (74GG) |
| Cruise identifier | FR8/83 |
| Cruise period | 1983-05-16 — 1983-05-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| Objectives | Hydrography/ Benthic sampling |
| Chief scientist | Patrick M Holligan (Marine Biological Association of the UK) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Celtic Sea |
| Specific | Western Approaches to English Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of profiles = 31 |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 34 Description: surface only |
| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Quantity: number of stations = 8 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Nitrate | |
| Nitrite | |
| Silicate | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | Quantity: number of stations = 9 |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of samples = 481 |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of samples = 376 |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 197 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 530 Description: survey:taxonomy,distribution |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of samples = 17 |
| Gear research | |
| Meteorology | |
| Incident radiation | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom |
