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FS Poseidon PO200_7

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FS Poseidon (06PO)
Cruise identifierPO200_7
Cruise period1993-06-23 — 1993-07-04
StatusCompleted
Port of departureBrest, France
Port of returnOporto, Portugal
ObjectivesFirst OMEX cruise to deploy the sediment trap moorings and a NIOZ bottom lander. Also, to register marine snow profiles and zooplankton distributions.
Chief scientistBodo von Bodungen (Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Warnemuende)
ProjectOMEX
Cruise reportFS Poseidon PO200_7 cruise report poseidon200_93.pdf (0.35 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Track chartsFS Poseidon PO200_7 cruise track — poseidon200_93track.pdf (0.04 MB) 
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurementsQuantity: number of stations = 3
Description: A CTD profile was taken at each station.
Current metersQuantity: number of stations = 3
Description: A CTD profile was taken at each station.
Biology and fisheries 
Sediment trapsQuantity: number of samples = 6
Description: A number of sediment samples were collected throughout the cruise.
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
1  Bottom Lander (miscellaneous instruments)
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Date and time
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical velocity of the water column (currents)
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Date and time
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical velocity of the water column (currents)
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
4443821993-06-24 20:29  — 1993-08-18 03:45:59 49° 11' 18" N  12° 43' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 444382
21  CTD/STD cast
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Density of the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Density of the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
9206501993-06-28 04:22 49° 24' 37" N  11° 30' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 920650
9206621993-06-28 08:40 49° 24' 7" N  11° 24' 21" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 920662
9206861993-06-29 04:18 49° 24' 53" N  11° 29' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 920686
9207301993-06-30 15:05 49° 11' 23" N  12° 43' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 920730
9206741993-06-28 13:34 49° 34' 13" N  11° 2' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 920674
9207051993-06-30 00:16 49° 11' 12" N  12° 43' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 920705
9207541993-07-01 09:52 49° 9' 18" N  12° 31' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 920754
9207171993-06-30 06:03 49° 11' 17" N  12° 43' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 920717
9206371993-06-27 04:07 49° 10' 59" N  12° 43' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 920637
9206981993-06-29 10:26 49° 12' 0" N  12° 0' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 920698
9207291993-06-30 08:02 49° 11' 17" N  12° 43' 41" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 920729
9207421993-07-01 04:12 49° 7' 41" N  13° 8' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 920742
9206251993-06-26 16:22 49° 7' 21" N  13° 8' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 920625
9207661993-07-01 11:32 49° 9' 11" N  12° 12' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 920766
9207781993-07-01 13:15 49° 9' 24" N  11° 54' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 920778
9207911993-07-01 14:45 49° 9' 18" N  11° 36' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 920791
9206131993-06-26 06:08 49° 4' 9" N  13° 25' 44" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 920613
9208091993-07-01 16:25 49° 9' 6" N  11° 16' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 920809
9208101993-07-01 18:02 49° 9' 6" N  10° 58' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 920810
9206011993-06-25 16:09 49° 7' 19" N  15° 35' 51" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 920601
9206491993-06-27 18:18 49° 23' 0" N  12° 49' 37" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 920649
5  Paddle wheel current meter
Date and time
Temperature of the water column
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Date and time
Temperature of the water column
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
3193891993-06-27 12:27  — 1994-01-05 15:29:59 49° 17' 13" N  12° 49' 9" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 319389
3193901993-06-27 11:49  — 1994-01-05 12:50 49° 17' 13" N  12° 49' 9" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 319390
3194081993-06-26 14:31  — 1994-01-07 09:27 49° 5' 39" N  13° 25' 43" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 319408
3194331993-06-26 14:43  — 1994-01-07 09:39 49° 5' 39" N  13° 25' 43" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 319433
3194211993-06-26 16:26  — 1994-01-07 10:26:59 49° 5' 39" N  13° 25' 43" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 319421
Discrete samples 
1  Bottom Lander
22  CTD frame plus rosette samplerTransmittance and attenuance of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Density of the water column
Microzooplankton non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column
Microzooplankton generic abundance in water bodies
3  Instrument mooringSedimentation flux of identified biota in the water column
Sedimentation flux of metallic and metalloid elements and isotopes in water bodies
Sedimentation flux of carbon, nitrogen or organic matter in the water column
Stable isotopes in water bodies
Sedimentation flux of pigments in the water column
Sedimentation flux of non-metallic inorganic species in the water column
Sedimentation flux of alkenones and alkenoates in the water column
Sediment grain size parameters
Sedimentation flux quantification in the water column
10  Longhurst-Hardy Plankton Recorder