Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RRS Frederick Russell (74GG) |
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Cruise identifier | FR1/87 cruise 11 |
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Cruise period | 1987-02-03 — 1987-02-24 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Zooplankton survey; hydrography; nutrients, sedimentation. FR/11/87.Plankton in Winter |
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Chief scientist | J Alistair Lindley (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth) |
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Cruise report | (0.60 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Specific | Southern North Sea; St. George’s Channel; Irish Sea; Celtic Sea |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: track kilometres = 11556.48 |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 7 |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 1307.512 |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Phosphate | Quantity: track kilometres = 2204 Description: sample nos. |
Nitrate | Quantity: track kilometres = 2204 Description: sample nos. |
Nitrite | Quantity: track kilometres = 2204 Description: sample nos. |
Ammonia | Quantity: 190 Description: sample nos. |
Silicate | Quantity: track kilometres = 2204 Description: sample nos. |
Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 22 |
Isotopes | Quantity: 22 |
Other chemical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: 190 Description: sample nos.;urea |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Primary productivity | Quantity: 1 |
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: 8 Description: in zooplankton |
Biochemical measurements (eg lipids, amino acids) | Quantity: 8 |
Phytoplankton | Quantity: 26 |
Zooplankton | Quantity: 26 Description: survey:distribution,biomass determination,population structures |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: 40 Description: particle size/frequency distribution |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 15 |
Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 10 Description: station nos. |
In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling | Quantity: 4 Description: radioactivity msmnts. |