RV Cirolana CIR5/92
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR5/92 |
| Cruise period | 1992-04-24 — 1992-05-14 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. Test UCES phytoplankton model, by monitoring evolution of physical structure and phytoplankton dynamics.
2. Estimate zooplankton production (and if possible, zooplankton grazing) in relation to primary production. 3. Estimate fish larval feeding growth rates. 4. Obtain material for cod larval otolith studies. |
| Chief scientist | Keith M Brander (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.18 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Irish Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 98 Description: S only |
| Subsurface temperature measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 1 Description: thermistor chain |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of stations = 98 |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of stations = 2 Description: 8 days of data |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 62 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 62 |
| Nitrite | Quantity: number of stations = 62 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 62 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | Quantity: number of stations = 8 |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 98 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 31 |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | 53° 40' 0" N 4° 49' 59" W — moored cms |
| Current meters | 53° 51' 0" N 5° 40' 0" W — moored cms |
