RV Water Guardian WG11B
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||||||||||
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Water Guardian (74WN) | ||||||||||||
| Cruise identifier | WG11B | ||||||||||||
| Cruise period | 1994-07-27 — 1994-07-27 | ||||||||||||
| Status | Completed | ||||||||||||
| Port of departure | Hull, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
| Port of return | Hull, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
| Purpose | Research | ||||||||||||
| Objectives | RV Water Guardian LOIS core measurements survey. | ||||||||||||
| Chief scientist | Duncan Plummer (Plymouth Marine Laboratory) | ||||||||||||
| Project | LOIS (RACS) | ||||||||||||
| Cruise report |  (0.88 MB) | ||||||||||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||||||
| General | North Sea | ||||||||||||
| Specific | Humber Estuary and feeder rivers. | ||||||||||||
| Measurements | |||||||||||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||||||||||
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: Measurements of conductivity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and suspended particle load recorded throughout the day using the NRAs system. | ||||||||||||
| Chemical oceanography | |||||||||||||
| Oxygen | Description: Measurements of conductivity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and suspended particle load recorded throughout the day using the NRAs system. | ||||||||||||
| Phosphate | Description: Downstream nutrient survey | ||||||||||||
| Nitrate | Description: Downstream nutrient survey | ||||||||||||
| Nitrite | Description: Downstream nutrient survey | ||||||||||||
| Ammonia | Description: Downstream nutrient survey | ||||||||||||
| Silicate | Description: Downstream nutrient survey | ||||||||||||
| pH | Description: Measurements of conductivity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and suspended particle load recorded throughout the day using the NRAs system. | ||||||||||||
| Contamination | |||||||||||||
| Suspended matter | Description: Measurements of conductivity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and suspended particle load recorded throughout the day using the NRAs system. | ||||||||||||
| Suspended matter | Description: Samples collected for gravimetric, C/N and chlorophyll analysis. | ||||||||||||
| Biology and fisheries | |||||||||||||
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: Samples collected for gravimetric, C/N and chlorophyll analysis. | ||||||||||||
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Description: Samples collected for gravimetric, C/N and chlorophyll analysis. | ||||||||||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||||||||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||||||||||
| 2 Pumped water sample | Horizontal spatial co-ordinates Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column Date and time Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column Silicate concentration parameters in the water column Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies Horizontal spatial co-ordinates Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column Date and time Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column Silicate concentration parameters in the water column Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
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| Discrete samples | |||||||||||||
| 24 Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supply | Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Silicate concentration parameters in the water column Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies |
