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RV Sea Vigil SV12A

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Sea Vigil (74S9)
Cruise identifierSV12A
Cruise period1994-08-09 — 1994-08-09
StatusCompleted
Port of departureHull, United Kingdom
Port of returnHull, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesRV Sea Vigil LOIS core measurements survey.
Chief scientistDuncan Plummer (Plymouth Marine Laboratory)
ProjectLOIS (RACS)
Cruise reportRV Sea Vigil SV12A cruise report sv12.pdf (1.02 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificHumber Estuary and feeder rivers
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Description: Conductivity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and turbidity were recorded using the NRAs system.
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Description: Samples collected for gravimetric, C/N, salinity and chlorophyll analysis.
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Description: Conductivity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and turbidity were recorded using the NRAs system.
Other physical oceanographic measurementsDescription: Samples collected for phytoplankton identification and particle size analysis using the Undulating Oceanographic Recorder.
Chemical oceanography 
OxygenDescription: Conductivity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and turbidity were recorded using the NRAs system.
PhosphateDescription: Nutrient survey
NitrateDescription: Nutrient survey
NitriteDescription: Nutrient survey
AmmoniaDescription: Nutrient survey
SilicateDescription: Nutrient survey
pHDescription: Conductivity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and turbidity were recorded using the NRAs system.
Contamination 
Suspended matterDescription: Samples collected for gravimetric, C/N, salinity and chlorophyll analysis.
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Description: Samples collected for gravimetric, C/N, salinity and chlorophyll analysis.
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON)Description: Samples collected for gravimetric, C/N, salinity and chlorophyll analysis.
PhytoplanktonDescription: Samples collected for phytoplankton identification and particle size analysis using the Undulating Oceanographic Recorder.
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
2  Pumped water sample

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
16335321994-08-09 09:24  — 1994-08-09 15:57 53° 32' 15" N  0° 18' 8" W — 53° 44' 12" N  0° 7' 30" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1633532
13602491994-08-09 09:51  — 1994-08-09 15:57 53° 32' 15" N  0° 18' 8" W — 53° 44' 12" N  0° 7' 30" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1360249
Discrete samples 
24  Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supplyNitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies