Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Calanus (745R) |
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Cruise identifier | CALANUS0189 |
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Cruise period | 1989-06-05 — 1989-06-18 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Dunstaffnage, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Dunstaffnage, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To investigate the fine scale distribution of hydrographic parameters, phytoplankton and zooplankton along a transect through Lough Linnhe and the Firth of Lorne.
2. To investgate the metabolic rates of phytoplankton size classes, zooplakton and micronekton at contrasting sites along the transect line. |
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Chief scientist | Mike R Heath (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.12 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 7 |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | |
Transparency (eg transmissometer) | |
Optics (eg underwater light levels) | |
Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: Decca and ARGOS bUOYS |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Phosphate | Quantity: 7 |
Nitrate | Quantity: 7 |
Ammonia | Quantity: 7 Description: NH4 |
Silicate | Quantity: 6 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Primary productivity | |
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Description: PON |
Sediment traps | |
Phytoplankton | |
Zooplankton | Quantity: track kilometres = 120 Description: pump sampling |
Eggs and larvae | |