RV Jane B/3/72
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Jane (740M) |
| Cruise identifier | B/3/72 |
| Cruise period | 1972-04-17 — 1972-04-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To train IMER personnel in the operation of the Bissett-Berman STD 9060 graphic recorder and to evaluate a Beckman in situ O2 probe and meter.
2. To continue the regular IMER survey of plankton, benthos and water chemistry. The immediate aims of this cruise were to: i. sample the plankton quantitatively for community analysis; ii. Collect qualitative samples of the plankton for chemical analysis iii. Collect samples of seawater for chemical analysis iv. Collect sampls of benthos from areas not sampled on cruise IMER/1/72 due to weather conditions. |
| Chief scientist | Michael B Jordan (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth) |
| Cruise report |  (0.16 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Bristol Channel |
| Specific | Swansea Bay, Holm Islands |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 7 Description: At widely space stations throughout the cruise chemical samples were collected. |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 7 Description: At widely space stations throughout the cruise chemical samples were collected. |
| Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | Quantity: number of stations = 7 Description: At widely space stations throughout the cruise chemical samples were collected. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of deployments = 12 Description: Testing of the Bissett-Berman STD 9060 took place on the cruise. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Description: Plankton hauls were taken during the cruise. Double-disc plankton indicator was towed. No. of samples not noted. |
| Benthic bacteria/micro-organisms | Quantity: number of samples = 10 Description: 5 samples were collected at each of the 2 areas surveyed looking at the amount of benthos. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 10 Description: 5 samples were collected at each of the 2 areas surveyed looking at the amount of benthos. |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of samples = 10 Description: 5 samples were collected at each of the 2 areas surveyed looking at the amount of benthos. |
| Data held at BODC | |
| Discrete samples | |
| 14 General station with STD/bottles/additional instruments | Temperature of the water column Salinity of the water column |
| 11 Lowestoft Sampler | Zooplankton taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column Fish morphology, age and physiology Zooplankton non taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column Fish abundance in water bodies |
