RV Prince Madog PD32/09
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Prince Madog (74P2) |
| Cruise identifier | PD32/09 |
| Cruise period | 2009-07-30 — 2009-08-02 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Menai Bridge, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Birkenhead, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To conduct 25 hour long surveys at,
1. A near-shore station, site A, 53º 32' N, 3º 21.8' W. 2. An off-shore station, site B, 53º 37.2' N, 3º 55.2' W. Each survey to consist of; Hourly CTD profiles and discrete water sample collection at a variety of depths for carbon, biological, and nutrient analysis.. Conduct a short series of CTD profiles from 5NM west to 5NM east of site A with 5NM resolution. Vertical plankton net hauls at 2m, 5m and 10m sieved in grades of 200, 85 and 45 um at slack tide. The cruise is the third of 5 cruises in the PhiXT series which is a collaboration between POL, PML, UoBangor and UoLiverpool managed as part of the POL Irish Sea coastal Observatory. |
| Chief scientist | Emmer J Litt (Plymouth Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | PHiXT (nutrient PatHways from carbon fluX through the Trophic cascade) |
| Coordinating body | Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory |
| Cruise report |  (0.31 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Liverpool Bay/eastern Irish Sea |
| Track charts | (0.11 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of profiles = 52 Description: SeaBird CTD |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of profiles = 52 Description: Transmissometer and LISST on CTD |
| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Quantity: number of profiles = 52 Description: Irradiance sensors on CTD |
| Contamination | |
| Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Continuous measurement of air-sea gradient of CO2 concentration by flowthrough |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of profiles = 52 Description: Fluorometer on CTD |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 18 Description: Vertical plankton net hauls |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of profiles = 52 Description: Water samples at near surface for nutrient and phyto/zooplankton analysis |
