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RV Sea Vigil SV24A

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Sea Vigil (74S9)
Cruise identifierSV24A
Cruise period1995-08-22 — 1995-08-22
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 SV24A cruise report sv24.pdf (1.07 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificHumber Estuary and feeder rivers
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Quantity: number of stations = 32
Description: Survey between Hull and Derwent Confluence to measure nutrients, conductivity, temperature, turbidity, pH and dissolved oxygen.
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Quantity: number of stations = 32
Description: Survey between Hull and Derwent Confluence to measure nutrients, conductivity, temperature, turbidity, pH and dissolved oxygen.
Optics (eg underwater light levels)Quantity: number of profiles = 2
Description: Optical properties as part of the CASI programme.
Chemical oceanography 
OxygenQuantity: number of stations = 32
Description: Survey between Hull and Derwent Confluence to measure nutrients, conductivity, temperature, turbidity, pH and dissolved oxygen.
PhosphateQuantity: number of stations = 32
Description: Survey between Hull and Derwent Confluence to measure nutrients, conductivity, temperature, turbidity, pH and dissolved oxygen.
NitrateQuantity: number of stations = 32
Description: Survey between Hull and Derwent Confluence to measure nutrients, conductivity, temperature, turbidity, pH and dissolved oxygen.
NitriteQuantity: number of stations = 32
Description: Survey between Hull and Derwent Confluence to measure nutrients, conductivity, temperature, turbidity, pH and dissolved oxygen.
AmmoniaQuantity: number of stations = 32
Description: Survey between Hull and Derwent Confluence to measure nutrients, conductivity, temperature, turbidity, pH and dissolved oxygen.
SilicateQuantity: number of stations = 32
Description: Survey between Hull and Derwent Confluence to measure nutrients, conductivity, temperature, turbidity, pH and dissolved oxygen.
pHQuantity: number of stations = 32
Description: Survey between Hull and Derwent Confluence to measure nutrients, conductivity, temperature, turbidity, pH and dissolved oxygen.
Contamination 
Suspended matterDescription: Discrete samples collected for gravimetric, C/N and chlorophyll analysis.
Other dissolved substancesQuantity: number of stations = 6
Description: Large volume samples collected for incubation experiments.
Other contaminant measurementsQuantity: number of stations = 6
Description: Large volume samples collected for incubation experiments.
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Description: Discrete samples collected for gravimetric, C/N and chlorophyll analysis.
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON)Description: Discrete samples collected for gravimetric, C/N and chlorophyll analysis.
PhytoplanktonDescription: Samples collected for phytoplankton enumeration and identification.
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
2  Pumped water sample
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Urea concentration parameters in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Urea concentration parameters in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
13601331995-08-22 14:15  — 1995-08-22 19:56 53° 41' 16" N  0° 58' 16" W — 53° 44' 57" N  0° 21' 38" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1360133
13601211995-08-22 13:46  — 1995-08-22 16:45 53° 41' 27" N  0° 58' 16" W — 53° 44' 57" N  0° 21' 38" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1360121
Discrete samples 
30  Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supplyDissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Carbon concentrations in suspended particulate material
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Urea concentration parameters in the water column
Nitrogen concentrations in suspended particulate material
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column