RV Pelagia PE138

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Ship name (ship code)

RV Pelagia (64PE)

Cruise identifier

PE138

Cruise period

1999-05-08 — 1999-06-01

Status

Completed

Port of departure

Het Horntje, Netherlands

Port of return

Het Horntje, Netherlands

Purpose

Research

Objectives

The aims of the expedition were to collect data on water column characteristics, with emphasis on the distribution and fluxes of suspended particulate matter, on bottom sediment characteristics, sediment-water exchange processes and early diagenesis and on distribution and activity of benthic fauna.

Chief scientist

Henko de Stigter (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research)

Project

Ocean Margin Exchange Programme II-II (OMEXII-II)

Cruise report

(2.23 MB)

Ocean/sea areas

General

North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)

Specific

Western Iberian Continental Margin

Track charts

(0.10 MB)

Measurements

Physical oceanography

Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements

Description: A number of CTD casts were made throughout the cruise. No. of casts not noted.

Current meters

Description: A number of CTD casts were made throughout the cruise. No. of casts not noted.

Biology and fisheries

Sediment traps

Description: A number of transects were sampled during the cruise. No. of samples not noted.

Geology and geophysics

Core - soft bottom

Description: A number of cores were made during the cruise. No. of cores not noted.

Multi-beam echosounding

Description: A number of acoustic profiles were made throughout the cruise. No. of profiles not noted.

Data held at BODC

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Series/Profiles

14 Bottle station

Reference numbers
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Quality control flags

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location
1274477	1999-05-13 10:21	42° 37' 59" N 10° 0' 0" W
1274582	1999-05-25 05:08	39° 30' 43" N 9° 50' 2" W
1274521	1999-05-18 04:26	41° 52' 0" N 9° 3' 56" W
1274533	1999-05-19 11:41	42° 0' 0" N 9° 28' 12" W
1274545	1999-05-22 09:56	39° 38' 56" N 9° 14' 43" W
1274601	1999-05-27 15:57	40° 59' 58" N 9° 45' 0" W
1274489	1999-05-13 16:37	42° 37' 59" N 10° 22' 8" W
1274508	1999-05-17 15:28	42° 0' 0" N 10° 28' 40" W
1274569	1999-05-24 07:05	39° 34' 51" N 9° 36' 22" W
1274490	1999-05-16 07:09	41° 59' 58" N 9° 43' 57" W
1274557	1999-05-22 16:45	39° 38' 30" N 9° 19' 59" W
1274594	1999-05-26 12:31	39° 34' 45" N 10° 12' 29" W
1274465	1999-05-12 09:42	42° 38' 3" N 9° 29' 1" W
1274570	1999-05-24 12:03	39° 35' 46" N 9° 24' 13" W

20 CTD/STD cast

Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Density of the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location
874702	1999-05-17 10:27	41° 59' 56" N 10° 30' 0" W
874787	1999-05-24 06:53	39° 34' 51" N 9° 36' 22" W
874658	1999-05-13 11:51	42° 38' 3" N 9° 59' 58" W
874671	1999-05-13 15:45	42° 37' 59" N 10° 22' 8" W
874751	1999-05-19 11:15	42° 0' 0" N 9° 28' 12" W
874738	1999-05-18 04:18	41° 52' 0" N 9° 3' 56" W
874806	1999-05-25 04:10	39° 30' 43" N 9° 50' 2" W
874818	1999-05-26 11:10	39° 34' 45" N 10° 12' 29" W
874695	1999-05-16 08:30	41° 59' 58" N 9° 43' 59" W
874726	1999-05-17 14:26	42° 0' 0" N 10° 28' 40" W
874799	1999-05-24 11:43	39° 35' 46" N 9° 24' 13" W
874831	1999-05-27 15:00	40° 59' 59" N 9° 44' 58" W
874634	1999-05-13 06:25	42° 38' 0" N 9° 40' 6" W
874775	1999-05-22 16:38	39° 38' 30" N 9° 19' 59" W
874622	1999-05-12 09:30	42° 38' 3" N 9° 29' 1" W
874646	1999-05-13 09:34	42° 37' 59" N 10° 0' 0" W
874683	1999-05-16 06:30	41° 59' 58" N 9° 43' 57" W
874714	1999-05-17 11:44	41° 59' 56" N 10° 29' 55" W
874763	1999-05-22 09:45	39° 38' 56" N 9° 14' 43" W
874843	1999-05-27 15:09	40° 59' 58" N 9° 45' 0" W

Discrete samples

11 Bottom Lander

Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance
Insect and earthworm taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the bed
Other fluxes between the bed and the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters for sediments
Sediment resistivity
Nutrient fluxes between the bed and the water column

19 Box core

Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance
Insect and earthworm taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the bed
Zoobenthos taxonomy-related wet weight biomass per unit area of the bed
Zoobenthos generic abundance

20 CTD frame plus rosette sampler

Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Density of the water column
Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
Metadata parameters
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

23 Multicorer

Other fluxes between the bed and the water column
Nutrient concentrations in sediment pore waters
Nutrient fluxes between the bed and the water column
Geological sample radioactivity
Sediment water content, porosity and surface area
Carbonate chemistry in sediment pore waters
Carbon concentrations in sediment
Sediment grain size parameters
Metal concentrations in sediment pore waters
Nitrogen concentrations in sediment

9 Piston corer

Geological sample magnetic, electrical and acoustic properties
Geological sample density
Geological sample radioactivity
Sediment water content, porosity and surface area
Inorganic chemical composition of sediment or rocks

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