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RRS Frederick Russell FR1/83 (C/1/83)

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Frederick Russell (74GG)
Cruise identifierFR1/83 (C/1/83)
Cruise period1983-01-07 — 1983-01-09
StatusCompleted
Port of departurePlymouth, United Kingdom
Port of returnPlymouth, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To continue a seasonal series of measurements of physical (light, temperature, salinity), chemical (nutrients) and biological (phytoplankton, chlorophyll and zooplankton) variables.
2. To establish winter variables for primary production and bacterial (heterotrophic) production for comparison with summer/autumn determinations.
3. To determine the vertical distribution and abundance of the wintering copepodite stages of Calanus.
4. To obtain living material for length/dry weight, gut analysis, carbon, nitrogen content, lipids and extra-cellular enzyme activity of Calanus.
Chief scientistBob Williams (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth)
Cruise reportRRS Frederick Russell FR1/83 (C/1/83) cruise report frederick_russell1_83.pdf (0.12 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralCeltic Sea
SpecificStation CS2 (50.5 N, 7W)
Track chartsRRS Frederick Russell FR1/83 (C/1/83) cruise track — frederick_russell1_83track.pdf (0.03 MB) 
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Water bottle stationsQuantity: number of profiles = 1
Description: Water samples analysed for chlorophyll, salinity, nutrients, DOC and phytoplankton.
Biology and fisheries 
ZooplanktonQuantity: number of samples = 200
Description: To determine the vertical distribution and abundance of Calanus.
Data held at BODC 
Discrete samples 
9  General station with STD/bottles/additional instrumentsSalinity of the water column
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies