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RV Cirolana CIR7B/93

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Cirolana (74CZ)
Cruise identifierCIR7B/93
Cruise period1993-07-26 — 1993-08-02
StatusCompleted
Port of departureLowestoft, United Kingdom
Port of returnLowestoft, United Kingdom
Objectives1. To identify and quantify the fate of river-borne nutrients entering the Wash and Humber estuary, examining nutrient distributions and critical processes from the river inputs through to the North Sea in subtidal sediments and overlying waters.
2. To measure factors affecting benthic nutrient recycling in subtidal sediments along a transect across the North Sea.
3. To test new instrumentation designed to determine in-situ the geotechnical properties of sediment.
4. To take nutrient samples over a grid in the Southern North Sea to improve knowledge of the seasonal signal (particularly phosphate) and subsequently compare with historic data.
5. To collect samples for a later chlorophyll intercomparison exercise. Five JoNuS co-workers will be issued with triplicate samples from five stations, of diverse chlorophyll levels.
Chief scientistJuan Brown (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
ProjectJONUS
Coordinating bodyMAFF
Cruise reportRV Cirolana CIR7B/93 cruise report ci7b_93.pdf (0.12 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificSouthern N Sea, Wash and Humber Estuary
Track chartsRV Cirolana CIR7B/93 cruise track — trk3842.html
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Water bottle stationsQuantity: number of stations = 74
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 53
Chemical oceanography 
PhosphateQuantity: number of samples = 127
NitrateQuantity: number of samples = 127
NitriteQuantity: number of samples = 127
AmmoniaQuantity: number of samples = 127
SilicateQuantity: number of samples = 127
Contamination 
Suspended matterQuantity: number of samples = 127
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of samples = 127
Geology and geophysics 
Core - soft bottomQuantity: number of cores = 42
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
49  CTD/STD cast
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
5506901993-07-28 14:06 53° 32' 10" N  0° 30' 43" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550690
5507451993-07-28 17:01 53° 20' 34" N  0° 22' 8" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550745
5507691993-07-28 18:39 53° 21' 35" N  0° 38' 13" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550769
5507821993-07-28 20:18 53° 10' 46" N  0° 36' 50" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550782
5509911993-07-29 16:50 53° 1' 48" N  0° 30' 34" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550991
5510421993-07-31 07:30 53° 30' 0" N  3° 10' 7" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551042
5506281993-07-27 16:52 53° 38' 47" N  0° 26' 35" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550628
5509051993-07-29 12:34 52° 57' 43" N  0° 24' 58" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550905
5509291993-07-29 13:31 53° 0' 15" N  0° 25' 12" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550929
5510541993-07-31 11:33 52° 52' 48" N  2° 37' 21" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551054
5506411993-07-27 17:40 53° 36' 46" N  0° 22' 52" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550641
5509171993-07-29 13:07 52° 59' 14" N  0° 27' 6" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550917
5509421993-07-29 14:23 53° 3' 4" N  0° 24' 22" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550942
5509541993-07-29 14:46 53° 2' 23" N  0° 25' 46" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550954
5510051993-07-29 17:16 53° 2' 41" N  0° 28' 7" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551005
5510171993-07-29 17:45 53° 3' 31" N  0° 27' 28" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551017
5510781993-07-31 15:36 52° 59' 55" N  3° 47' 50" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551078
5510911993-07-31 17:52 52° 59' 48" N  4° 29' 50" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551091
5507331993-07-28 15:33 53° 26' 49" N  0° 26' 27" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550733
5508011993-07-28 21:08 53° 10' 8" N  0° 29' 30" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550801
5508491993-07-29 08:30 52° 56' 34" N  0° 18' 27" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550849
5508861993-07-29 11:34 53° 0' 9" N  0° 21' 9" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550886
5509301993-07-29 13:59 53° 1' 31" N  0° 23' 41" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550930
5507571993-07-28 17:37 53° 18' 12" N  0° 24' 0" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550757
5508131993-07-29 05:53 52° 55' 0" N  0° 15' 27" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550813
5508251993-07-29 06:36 52° 56' 17" N  0° 15' 34" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550825
5511221993-08-01 20:14 51° 48' 57" N  3° 30' 54" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551122
5506041993-07-27 08:16 52° 55' 59" N  0° 16' 41" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550604
5506891993-07-28 13:30 53° 34' 3" N  0° 24' 22" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550689
5506161993-07-27 15:23 53° 41' 55" N  0° 11' 16" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550616
5506531993-07-27 18:42 53° 31' 54" N  0° 14' 25" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550653
5507211993-07-28 15:19 53° 26' 39" N  0° 26' 12" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550721
5507941993-07-28 20:42 53° 10' 31" N  0° 33' 48" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550794
5508371993-07-29 07:48 52° 57' 43" N  0° 16' 39" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550837
5508501993-07-29 09:25 52° 56' 4" N  0° 21' 11" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550850
5508981993-07-29 12:05 52° 58' 46" N  0° 22' 59" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550898
5509661993-07-29 15:16 53° 1' 29" N  0° 26' 58" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550966
5511091993-07-31 19:50 52° 40' 2" N  4° 26' 2" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551109
5506651993-07-28 07:36 53° 39' 55" N  0° 13' 27" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550665
5507701993-07-28 19:39 53° 14' 17" N  0° 40' 9" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550770
5508621993-07-29 10:06 52° 57' 3" N  0° 21' 25" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550862
5508741993-07-29 10:48 52° 58' 30" N  0° 18' 17" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550874
5506771993-07-28 12:39 53° 30' 25" N  0° 18' 9" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550677
5507081993-07-28 14:24 53° 32' 50" N  0° 31' 11" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550708
5510301993-07-30 07:34 54° 7' 58" N  2° 30' 10" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551030
5510291993-07-29 19:19 53° 8' 31" N  0° 35' 4" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551029
5509781993-07-29 15:40 53° 0' 51" N  0° 28' 3" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 550978
5510661993-07-31 13:23 53° 0' 2" N  3° 7' 26" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551066
5511101993-08-01 17:46 52° 4' 21" N  4° 0' 29" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551110