RV Sea Vigil SV7A
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||||||
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Sea Vigil (74S9) | ||||||||
| Cruise identifier | SV7A | ||||||||
| Cruise period | 1994-04-26 — 1994-04-26 | ||||||||
| Status | Completed | ||||||||
| Port of departure | Hull, United Kingdom | ||||||||
| Port of return | Hull, United Kingdom | ||||||||
| Purpose | Research | ||||||||
| Objectives | RV Sea Vigil Humber Flux Curtain survey. | ||||||||
| Chief scientist | Jack Hardisty (University of Hull Department of Geography) | ||||||||
| Project | LOIS (RACS) | ||||||||
| Cruise report |  (1.02 MB) | ||||||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||
| General | North Sea | ||||||||
| Specific | Humber Estuary and feeder rivers | ||||||||
| Measurements | |||||||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||||||
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: Measurements recorded through the day. | ||||||||
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of track lines = 6 Description: Transects of the Flux Curtain were measured using a towed instrument | ||||||||
| Current meters | Description: Readings from a EM current meter recorded. | ||||||||
| Chemical oceanography | |||||||||
| Oxygen | Description: Measurements recorded through the day. | ||||||||
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 10 Description: completed to determine nutrient levels. | ||||||||
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 10 Description: completed to determine nutrient levels. | ||||||||
| Nitrite | Quantity: number of stations = 10 Description: completed to determine nutrient levels. | ||||||||
| Ammonia | Quantity: number of stations = 10 Description: completed to determine nutrient levels. | ||||||||
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 10 Description: completed to determine nutrient levels. | ||||||||
| pH | Description: Measurements recorded through the day. | ||||||||
| Contamination | |||||||||
| Suspended matter | Quantity: number of stations = 10 Description: Samples collected for gravimetrics, C/N, Al and chlorophyll determinations. | ||||||||
| Suspended matter | Quantity: number of track lines = 6 Description: Transects of the Flux Curtain were measured using a towed instrument | ||||||||
| Suspended matter | Description: Measurements recorded through the day. | ||||||||
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of stations = 10 Description: Samples collected for gravimetrics, C/N, Al and chlorophyll determinations. | ||||||||
| Biology and fisheries | |||||||||
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 10 Description: Samples collected for gravimetrics, C/N, Al and chlorophyll determinations. | ||||||||
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of stations = 10 Description: Samples collected for gravimetrics, C/N, Al and chlorophyll determinations. | ||||||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||||||
| 1 Pumped water sample | Horizontal spatial co-ordinates Date and time Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies Horizontal spatial co-ordinates Date and time Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
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| Discrete samples | |||||||||
| 16 Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supply | 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 Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies |
