RV Sea Vigil SV6A
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||||||
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Sea Vigil (74S9) | ||||||||
| Cruise identifier | SV6A | ||||||||
| Cruise period | 1994-03-15 — 1994-03-15 | ||||||||
| Status | Completed | ||||||||
| Port of departure | Goole, United Kingdom | ||||||||
| Port of return | Hull, United Kingdom | ||||||||
| Purpose | Research | ||||||||
| Objectives | RV Sea Vigil LOIS core measurements survey. | ||||||||
| Chief scientist | Duncan Plummer (Plymouth Marine Laboratory) | ||||||||
| Project | LOIS (RACS) | ||||||||
| Cruise report |  (1.21 MB) | ||||||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||
| General | North Sea | ||||||||
| Specific | Humber Estuary and feeder rivers | ||||||||
| Measurements | |||||||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||||||
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: Continuous measurement on axial transect of the Ouse/Humber estuary. | ||||||||
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Description: Continuous measurement on axial transect of the Ouse/Humber estuary. | ||||||||
| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Description: Vertical profiles of optical properties. | ||||||||
| Chemical oceanography | |||||||||
| Oxygen | Description: Continuous measurement on axial transect of the Ouse/Humber estuary. | ||||||||
| Phosphate | Description: Continuous measurement on axial transect of the Ouse/Humber estuary. | ||||||||
| Nitrate | Description: Continuous measurement on axial transect of the Ouse/Humber estuary. | ||||||||
| Nitrite | Description: Continuous measurement on axial transect of the Ouse/Humber estuary. | ||||||||
| Silicate | Description: Continuous measurement on axial transect of the Ouse/Humber estuary. | ||||||||
| pH | Description: Continuous measurement on axial transect of the Ouse/Humber estuary. | ||||||||
| Contamination | |||||||||
| Suspended matter | Quantity: number of stations = 31 Description: Samples collected for gravimetrics, C/N, chlorophyll and phytoplankton identification. | ||||||||
| Biology and fisheries | |||||||||
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 31 Description: Samples collected for gravimetrics, C/N, chlorophyll and phytoplankton identification. | ||||||||
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: Continuous measurement on axial transect of the Ouse/Humber estuary. | ||||||||
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of stations = 31 Description: Samples collected for gravimetrics, C/N, chlorophyll and phytoplankton identification. | ||||||||
| Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC) | Quantity: number of stations = 31 Description: Samples collected for gravimetrics, C/N, chlorophyll and phytoplankton identification. | ||||||||
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 31 Description: Samples collected for gravimetrics, C/N, chlorophyll and phytoplankton identification. | ||||||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||||||
| 1 Pumped water sample |
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| Discrete samples | |||||||||
| 31 Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supply | Salinity of the water column Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column Temperature of the water column Carbon concentrations in suspended particulate material Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Nitrogen concentrations in suspended particulate material Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies |
