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RV Cirolana CIR9/96
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
Cruise identifier | CIR9/96 |
Cruise period | 1996-09-27 — 1996-10-14 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To undertake process measurements at sites in the Thames estuary and southern North Sea to determine the impact of land derived nutrients on the marine ecosystem (AE0529A0 and C926J168).
2. To undertake spatial surveys to determine the distribution of nutrients, phytoplankton indicators and other relevant parameters using CTD and underway sampling in the outer Thames estuary (AE0529A0 and C926J168). 3. To undertake process measurements in sites at Dundalk Bay, the Western 'Gyre' region and in Liverpool Bay in the Irish Sea (AE0529A0 and C926J168). 4. To undertake spatial surverys to determine the distribution of nutrients, phytoplankton indicators and other relevant parameters using CTD and underway sampling in the Irish Sea (AE0529A0 and C926J168). |
Chief scientist | Jonathon Mark Rees (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
Project | Joint Nutrient Study (JONUS) |
Coordinating body | MAFF |
Cruise report | (0.13 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
Specific | North Sea, Thames Estuary, Irish Sea |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 41 Description: surface T & S |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 104 |
Chemical oceanography | |
Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 104 |
Nitrite | Quantity: number of stations = 104 |
Ammonia | Quantity: number of stations = 104 |
Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 104 |
Contamination | |
Suspended matter | Quantity: number of stations = 104 |
Biology and fisheries | |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 104 |
Geology and geophysics | |
Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 6 Description: analysis of interstitial water |