RV Plymouth Quest PQ121022
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |||||||||
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Plymouth Quest (74PQ) | ||||||||
| Cruise identifier | PQ121022 | ||||||||
| Cruise period | 2012-10-22 — 2012-10-22 | ||||||||
| Status | Completed | ||||||||
| Port of departure | Plymouth, United Kingdom | ||||||||
| Port of return | Plymouth, United Kingdom | ||||||||
| Purpose | Research | ||||||||
| Objectives | Sampling and measurements at L4 time series station. | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||||||
| 1 CTD/STD cast | Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Density of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Raw fluorometer output Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Reference numbers Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Density of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Raw fluorometer output Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Reference numbers Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
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| Discrete samples | |||||||||
| 1 CTD frame plus rosette sampler | Bacteria generic abundance in water bodies Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies Plankton abundance per unit volume of the water column Phytoplankton generic abundance in water bodies |
