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RV Prince Madog PD06/02
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Prince Madog (74P2) |
Cruise identifier | PD06/02 |
Cruise period | 2002-03-13 — 2002-03-16 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Menai Bridge, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Menai Bridge, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | Third in a series of 5 cruises to:
1. Carry out a plankton survey in the eastern Irish Sea to determine plaice egg spawning. 2. Collect zooplankton samples for copepod production and fish larval feeding studies. All 49 plankton stations completed despite bad weather. |
Chief scientist | Natasha Bunn (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.07 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
Specific | Eastern Irish Sea |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 49 Description: FSI mini-conductivity, temperature and depth profiler attached to plankton sampler. Profiles used to identify environmental parameters. |
Biology and fisheries | |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 49 Description: 'Gulf VII - type' towed plankton sampler, deployed in a 'V' shaped profile from surface to near bottom and back to surface. Zooplankton and eggs/larvae collected using 270 um and 64 um mesh nets and preserved in formalin for analysis on shore. Volume of water filtered is calculated from data recorded by self-logging flowmeters. |
Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 49 Description: 'Gulf VII - type' towed plankton sampler, deployed in a 'V' shaped profile from surface to near bottom and back to surface. Zooplankton and eggs/larvae collected using 270 um and 64 um mesh nets and preserved in formalin for analysis on shore. Volume of water filtered is calculated from data recorded by self-logging flowmeters. |