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RV Corystes COR9/93

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Corystes (74RY)
Cruise identifierCOR9/93
Cruise period1993-08-20 — 1993-08-26
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 from the river inputs through to the North Sea.
2. To measure environmental parameters relevant to phytoplankton growth and nutrient depletion.
3. To take samples over a grid in the southern North Sea to improve knowledge of the seasonal signal in nutrients, particuarly phosphate.
Chief scientistJohn W Read (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
ProjectJONUS
Coordinating bodyMAFF
Cruise reportRV Corystes COR9/93 cruise report co9_93.pdf (0.08 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificWash, Humber, North Sea
Track chartsRV Corystes COR9/93 cruise track — trk3991.html
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Water bottle stationsQuantity: number of stations = 63
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 46
Description: At 40 of the 46 stations, top and bottom samples were taken for Methane determination.
Optics (eg underwater light levels)Quantity: number of stations = 46
Chemical oceanography 
PhosphateQuantity: number of stations = 107
NitrateQuantity: number of samples = 109
NitriteQuantity: number of stations = 107
AmmoniaQuantity: number of stations = 107
SilicateQuantity: number of stations = 107
Contamination 
Trace metalsQuantity: number of stations = 107
Other contaminant measurementsQuantity: number of stations = 46
Description: methane contamination
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of stations = 107
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
46  CTD/STD cast
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
5517851993-08-21 12:24 52° 39' 55" N  3° 7' 54" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551785
5518411993-08-22 00:47 52° 59' 58" N  3° 8' 1" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551841
5519691993-08-23 08:57 52° 56' 30" N  0° 18' 29" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551969
5520331993-08-23 12:59 52° 59' 14" N  0° 27' 11" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552033
5520571993-08-23 14:06 53° 1' 25" N  0° 23' 35" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552057
5520941993-08-23 16:44 53° 0' 54" N  0° 28' 14" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552094
5521741993-08-24 12:39 53° 32' 55" N  0° 30' 33" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552174
5522171993-08-24 16:41 53° 35' 13" N  0° 19' 25" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552217
5522301993-08-24 18:37 53° 40' 28" N  0° 18' 42" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552230
5518891993-08-22 10:36 52° 59' 59" N  1° 21' 20" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551889
5519211993-08-22 15:25 53° 10' 28" N  0° 33' 54" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551921
5519331993-08-23 07:30 52° 55' 16" N  0° 15' 40" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551933
5519451993-08-23 07:57 52° 56' 16" N  0° 15' 43" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551945
5519821993-08-23 10:14 52° 57' 2" N  0° 21' 27" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551982
5520451993-08-23 13:32 53° 0' 18" N  0° 25' 15" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552045
5521981993-08-24 14:21 53° 30' 20" N  0° 18' 2" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552198
5517971993-08-21 14:49 52° 40' 1" N  3° 47' 57" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551797
5518531993-08-22 02:53 52° 53' 0" N  2° 37' 6" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551853
5519701993-08-23 09:38 52° 56' 2" N  0° 21' 4" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551970
5520211993-08-23 12:24 52° 57' 43" N  0° 24' 55" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552021
5520701993-08-23 15:13 53° 2' 23" N  0° 25' 45" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552070
5518281993-08-21 22:07 52° 59' 50" N  3° 48' 10" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551828
5518901993-08-22 12:34 53° 4' 10" N  1° 0' 4" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551890
5519081993-08-22 14:26 53° 14' 28" N  0° 40' 9" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551908
5520081993-08-23 11:47 52° 58' 55" N  0° 23' 7" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552008
5521011993-08-23 17:17 53° 2' 9" N  0° 30' 32" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552101
5518651993-08-22 05:56 52° 47' 3" N  2° 4' 58" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551865
5518771993-08-22 08:11 52° 50' 25" N  1° 40' 7" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551877
5519941993-08-23 10:46 52° 58' 32" N  0° 18' 22" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551994
5520691993-08-23 14:43 53° 3' 6" N  0° 24' 20" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552069
5521131993-08-23 17:45 53° 2' 42" N  0° 28' 11" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552113
5521861993-08-24 13:21 53° 34' 5" N  0° 24' 31" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552186
5519571993-08-23 08:28 52° 57' 44" N  0° 16' 37" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551957
5521491993-08-24 08:57 53° 17' 57" N  0° 23' 59" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552149
5522421993-08-24 19:29 53° 41' 49" N  0° 11' 23" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552242
5517731993-08-20 21:49 51° 36' 47" N  3° 4' 43" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551773
5520821993-08-23 15:41 53° 1' 31" N  0° 27' 3" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552082
5521251993-08-23 18:14 53° 3' 29" N  0° 27' 36" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552125
5522051993-08-24 14:56 53° 31' 51" N  0° 13' 32" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552205
5518041993-08-21 17:08 52° 40' 4" N  4° 25' 57" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551804
5518161993-08-21 19:06 53° 0' 0" N  4° 28' 59" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 551816
5521371993-08-24 07:43 53° 21' 29" N  0° 37' 49" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552137
5521501993-08-24 09:43 53° 20' 30" N  0° 22' 13" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552150
5521621993-08-24 11:32 53° 26' 27" N  0° 26' 22" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552162
5522291993-08-24 17:41 53° 38' 49" N  0° 26' 39" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552229
5522541993-08-24 20:14 53° 42' 59" N  0° 5' 16" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 552254