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RRS Frederick Russell FR4/85

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Frederick Russell (74GG)
Cruise identifierFR4/85
Cruise period1985-06-26 — 1985-07-07
StatusCompleted
Port of departurePlymouth, United Kingdom
Port of returnPlymouth, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To investigate benthic invertebrate community structure (macrobenthos and meiobenthos) at Shelf, Slope and abyssal stations as it relates to production and sedimentation processes in the water column. To collect and process a series of replicate benthic samples from three stations, completing the depth range of sampling started on FR 7/84.
2. To determine the community structure of pelagic organisms (particularly species body size distributions and species abundance patterns) at one station (CS2), for comparison with the benthos.
3. To measure in situ and on deck primary production at all three stations and to partition production into different size-classes of phytoplankton: to measure the abundance and vertical distribution of phytoplankton, bacteria and flagellates: to measure bacterial production throughout the water column.
4. To relate light penetration with particulate load at all three stations.
Chief scientistRichard Warwick (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth)
Cruise reportRRS Frederick Russell FR4/85 cruise report frederick_russell4_85.pdf (0.18 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralCeltic Sea
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificN.E. Atlantic ocean/ Celtic Sea
Track chartsRRS Frederick Russell FR4/85 cruise track — trk3293.html
Measurements 
Biology and fisheries 
Primary productivityQuantity: number of stations = 3
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of stations = 3
PhytoplanktonQuantity: number of stations = 3
ZooplanktonQuantity: number of hauls = 1
Pelagic bacteria/micro-organismsQuantity: number of stations = 3
ZoobenthosQuantity: number of stations = 3
Description: survey:energy transfers,biomass determination,distribution
Geology and geophysics 
Core - soft bottomQuantity: number of samples = 16
Description: box corer;physical analysis for biological studies