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RV Plymouth Quest PQ090602
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Cruise Info. | |||||||||
Ship name (ship code) | RV Plymouth Quest (74PQ) | ||||||||
Cruise identifier | PQ090602 | ||||||||
Cruise period | 2009-06-02 — 2009-06-02 | ||||||||
Status | Completed | ||||||||
Port of departure | Plymouth, United Kingdom | ||||||||
Port of return | Plymouth, United Kingdom | ||||||||
Purpose | Research | ||||||||
Objectives | Sampling and measurements at L4 and E1 time series stations. | ||||||||
Chief scientist | Tim Smyth (Plymouth Marine Laboratory) | ||||||||
Project | Western Channel Observatory | ||||||||
Coordinating body | Plymouth Marine Laboratory | ||||||||
Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||
General | English Channel | ||||||||
Specific | Western English Channel | ||||||||
Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||||||
Series/Profiles | |||||||||
1 CTD/STD cast | Reference numbers Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column Density of the water column Raw fluorometer output Reference numbers Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column Density of the water column Raw fluorometer output
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Discrete samples | |||||||||
1 CTD frame plus rosette sampler | Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column Bacteria generic abundance in water bodies Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies Phytoplankton generic abundance in water bodies Plankton abundance per unit volume of the water column Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies | ||||||||
1 Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supply | |||||||||
1 Surface water sample collected by a bucket on a rope | Temperature of the water column | ||||||||
1 WP-2 zooplankton net |