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RV Plymouth Quest PQ070618
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Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Plymouth Quest (74PQ) |
Cruise identifier | PQ070618 |
Cruise period | 2007-06-18 — 2007-06-18 |
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 | |
Discrete samples | |
1 CTD frame plus rosette sampler | Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column Phosphate 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 |
1 Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supply | Carotenoid and flavenoid pigment concentrations in water bodies Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies |
2 Surface water sample collected by a bucket on a rope | Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies Bacteria generic abundance in water bodies Phytoplankton generic abundance in water bodies |