RV Pelagia PE121
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |||||||||||||||||
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Pelagia (64PE) | ||||||||||||||||
| Cruise identifier | PE121 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cruise period | 1998-07-30 — 1998-08-16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Status | Completed | ||||||||||||||||
| Purpose | Research | ||||||||||||||||
| Objectives | Benthic processes cruise. | ||||||||||||||||
| Chief scientist | Tjeerd van Weering (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research) | ||||||||||||||||
| Project | OMEX2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||||||||||
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) | ||||||||||||||||
| Specific | NW Iberian Shelf/Slope 42-43 N 9-12 W | ||||||||||||||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||||||||||||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 Bottom Lander (miscellaneous instruments) | Date and time Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) Date and time Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
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| 3 CTD/STD cast | Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Density of the water column Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Density of the water column
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| Discrete samples | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 Bottom Lander | Particulate total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column Dissolved oxygen parameters for sediments Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Bacteria non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column Bacteria morphology and physiology Sediment resistivity Nutrient fluxes between the bed and the water column Bacteria generic abundance in water bodies Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) Suspended particulate material aggregates Sediment grain size parameters Suspended particulate material grain size parameters Particulate total and organic carbon concentrations in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 Box core | Amino acids in sediment Sediment resuspension Mineralogical composition Sediment microfossil morphology parameters Geological sample density Geological sample radioactivity Sediment water content, porosity and surface area Sediment grain size parameters Nitrogen concentrations in sediment Inorganic chemical composition of sediment or rocks Carbon concentrations in sediment Microphytobenthos abundance | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 CTD frame plus rosette sampler | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 Multicorer | Sediment resuspension Dissolved oxygen parameters for sediments Nutrient concentrations in sediment pore waters Nutrient fluxes between the bed and the water column Geological sample radioactivity Sediment water content, porosity and surface area Carbonate chemistry in sediment pore waters Sediment grain size parameters Metal concentrations in sediment pore waters Nitrogen concentrations in sediment Carbon concentrations in sediment | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 Piston corer | Sediment microfossil morphology parameters Geological sample magnetic, electrical and acoustic properties Geological sample density Sediment water content, porosity and surface area Inorganic chemical composition of sediment or rocks |
