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RV Sea Vigil SV29C

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Sea Vigil (74S9)
Cruise identifierSV29C
Cruise period1996-03-13 — 1996-03-13
StatusCompleted
Port of departureGoole, United Kingdom
Port of returnGrimsby, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesRV Sea Vigil organic micropollutant survey.
Chief scientistDuncan Plummer (Plymouth Marine Laboratory)
ProjectLOIS (RACS)
Cruise reportRV Sea Vigil SV29C cruise report sv29.pdf (1.80 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificHumber Estuary and feeder rivers
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Description: Surface waters monitored using the NRAs system to record the standard variables.
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Description: Surface waters monitored using the NRAs system to record the standard variables.
Optics (eg underwater light levels)Description: Surface waters monitored using the NRAs system to record the standard variables.
Chemical oceanography 
OxygenDescription: Surface waters monitored using the NRAs system to record the standard variables.
Contamination 
Suspended matterDescription: Samples collected for suspended particle characteristics.
Other contaminant measurementsQuantity: number of stations = 8
Description: Samples of water, sediment and suspended particles collected for determination of organic micropollutants.
Biology and fisheries 
Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC)Description: Samples collected for DOC analysis as part of survey work.
Data held at BODC 
Discrete samples 
9  Water bottle hydrocastConcentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Pesticide concentrations in water bodies
Concentration of other organic contaminants in the water column
Concentration of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in the water column
Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column