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Wyke

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship nameWyke
Cruise period1990-11-07 — 1990-11-08
StatusCompleted
Port of departureHull, United Kingdom
Port of returnHull, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1) To collect water samples for nutrient and suspended load determinations and make profile measurements of salinity, temperature and dissolved oxygen along a transect of the Humber from Spurn to Trent Falls
2) To collect water samples for the UEA programme investigating fluxes of metals and estuarine chemistry in the Humber

Brough Sounder also used
Chief scientistJonathon Mark Rees (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
Cruise reportWyke  cruise report wyke_broughsounder_nov90.pdf (0.46 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificHumber Estuary
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
CTD stationsQuantity: number of samples = 3
Description: On the way to Spurn point, water samples, CTD profiles and oxygen profiles were taken.
CTD stationsQuantity: number of samples = 3
Description: Further water samples, CTD profiles and oxygen profiles were taken on the way back to the King George Dock.
CTD stationsQuantity: number of samples = 3
Description: Water samples, CTD profiles and Oxygen profiles were taken on the way to Trent Falls and the return back to Hull.
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurementsQuantity: number of samples = 3
Description: Further water samples, CTD profiles and oxygen profiles were taken on the way back to the King George Dock.
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurementsQuantity: number of samples = 3
Description: On the way to Spurn point, water samples, CTD profiles and oxygen profiles were taken.
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurementsQuantity: number of samples = 3
Description: Water samples, CTD profiles and Oxygen profiles were taken on the way to Trent Falls and the return back to Hull.
Chemical oceanography 
OxygenQuantity: number of samples = 3
Description: Further water samples, CTD profiles and oxygen profiles were taken on the way back to the King George Dock.
OxygenQuantity: number of samples = 3
Description: On the way to Spurn point, water samples, CTD profiles and oxygen profiles were taken.
OxygenQuantity: number of samples = 3
Description: Water samples, CTD profiles and Oxygen profiles were taken on the way to Trent Falls and the return back to Hull.