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Surveyor 88

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship nameSurveyor
Cruise identifier88
Cruise period1973-05-25 — 1973-06-24
StatusCompleted
ObjectivesIMER Sampling Programme; for add.inf.see ICES Oceanogr.Data lists and Invs.,No.18 & Annales Biol.,Vol.No.30
Chief scientistBob Williams (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth)
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Quantity: 24
Chemical oceanography 
PhosphateQuantity: 5
NitrateQuantity: 5
NitriteQuantity: 5
AlkalinityQuantity: 5
Biology and fisheries 
Primary productivityQuantity: 3
Description: photosynthesis measured by 14c uptake
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: 25
Description: chlorophyll and phaeopigment
PhytoplanktonQuantity: 3
Description: WP3 net
ZooplanktonQuantity: number of hauls = 9
Description: 4 hauls using a Longhurst-Hardy plankton recorder