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RRS Discovery DY021

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Discovery (74EQ)
Cruise identifierDY021
Cruise period2015-03-01 — 2015-03-26
StatusCompleted
Port of departureSouthampton, United Kingdom
Port of returnSouthampton, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesThe Shelf Sea Biogeochemistry research programme directly relates to the delivery of the NERC Earth system science theme and aims to provide evidence that supports a number of marine policy areas and statutory requirements, such as the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and Marine and Climate Acts.
The shelf seas are highly productive compared to the open ocean, a productivity that underpins more than 90 per cent of global fisheries. Their importance to society extends beyond food production to include issues of biodiversity, carbon cycling and storage, waste disposal, nutrient cycling, recreation and renewable energy resources.
The shelf seas have been estimated to be the most valuable biome on Earth, but they are under considerable stress, as a result of anthropogenic nutrient loading, overfishing, habitat disturbance, climate change and other impacts.
However, even within the relatively well-studied European shelf seas, fundamental biogeochemical processes are poorly understood. For example: the role of shelf seas in carbon storage; in the global cycles of key nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, silicon and iron); and in determining primary and secondary production, and thereby underpinning the future delivery of many other ecosystem services.
Improved knowledge of such factors is not only required by marine policymakers; it also has the potential to increase the quality and cost-effectiveness of management decisions at the local, national and international levels under conditions of climate change.
The Shelf Sea Biogeochemistry research programme will take a holistic approach to the cycling of nutrients and carbon and the controls on primary and secondary production in UK and European shelf seas, to increase understanding of these processes and their role in wider biogeochemical cycles. It will thereby significantly improve predictive marine biogeochemical and ecosystem models over a range of scales.
The scope of the programme includes exchanges with the open ocean (transport on and off the shelf to a depth of around 500m), together with cycling, storage and release processes on the shelf slope, and air-sea exchange of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide).
The DY021 cruise is the first of the 2015 Benthic SSB cruises to investigate the 4 main 'representative' sites in the Celtic Sea that will represent all the various sediment types found in the whole area, these being Mud, San, Sandy-Mud and Muddy-Sand. The cruise will also carry out complimentary sampling at the Pelagic SSB programme main site called CANDYFLOSS in the central Shelf area in order to better link the Benthic and Pelagic programmes.
Chief scientistE Malcolm S Woodward (Plymouth Marine Laboratory)
ProjectShelf Sea Biogeochemistry
Coordinating bodyNatural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Cruise reportRRS Discovery DY021 cruise report dy021.pdf (5.42 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralCeltic Sea
Track chartsRRS Discovery DY021 cruise track — dy021trk.pdf (0.07 MB) 
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Quantity: activity duration in days = 26
Description: Sea surface meteorology and hydrography (intake pipe at ~6 m below sea level, met platform at ~17.6 m above sea level) - salinity bottle samples for calibrations
Water bottle stationsQuantity: number of stations = 30
Description: CTD bottles fired for discrete sampling, independent samples for CTD calibrations and incubation bulk water (24 x 10 L OTE trace metal (TMF) niskin bottles, SBE32 carousel) - salinity bottle samples for calibrations
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 8
Description: CTD stations (SBE911plus CTD and auxilliary sensors, titanium frame)
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Quantity: number of stations = 8
Description: CTD stations (SBE911plus CTD and auxilliary sensors, titanium frame)
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Quantity: activity duration in days = 26
Description: Sea surface meteorology and hydrography (intake pipe at ~6 m below sea level, met platform at ~17.6 m above sea level) - salinity bottle samples for calibrations
Optics (eg underwater light levels)Quantity: number of stations = 8
Description: CTD stations (SBE911plus CTD and auxilliary sensors, titanium frame)
Current profiler (eg ADCP)Quantity: activity duration in days = 26
Description: Underway measurements from vessel-mounted ADCP (Teledyne RDI Ocean Surveyors 150 kHz)
Other physical oceanographic measurementsQuantity: number of stations = 5
Description: Cross-sections of sediment cores to be analysed for carbon cycling.
Chemical oceanography 
OxygenQuantity: number of stations = 8
Description: CTD stations (SBE911plus CTD and auxilliary sensors, titanium frame)
OxygenQuantity: number of samples = 101
Description: Oxygen bottle samples from CTD bottles (Winkler titration)
Carbon dioxideQuantity: activity duration in days = 26
Description: Underway measurements from pCO2 system.
Other dissolved gasesQuantity: number of stations = 8
Description: Ch4, N20 measurements from CTD bottles
PhosphateQuantity: number of stations = 20
Description: Inorganic nutrients (nitrate, phosphate, silicate, ammonia) from CTD bottles and clean seawater pumped supply
NitrateQuantity: number of stations = 20
Description: Inorganic nutrients (nitrate, phosphate, silicate, ammonia) from CTD bottles and clean seawater pumped supply
AmmoniaQuantity: number of stations = 20
Description: Inorganic nutrients (nitrate, phosphate, silicate, ammonia) from CTD bottles and clean seawater pumped supply
SilicateQuantity: number of stations = 6
Description: Chlorophyll-a, phytoplankton lugol's, biogenic silica (PSi) and particulate inorganic carbon (PIC) samples from CTD bottles
SilicateQuantity: number of stations = 20
Description: Inorganic nutrients (nitrate, phosphate, silicate, ammonia) from CTD bottles and clean seawater pumped supply
AlkalinityQuantity: number of stations = 11
Description: Dissolved (DOC, DOM, TDN) and particulate organic matter (POC, POM, PC, PN), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and total alkalinity (TA) from CTD bottles and clean seawater pumped supply
Trace elementsQuantity: number of stations = 8
Description: Chromium speciation and isotopes (Cr(III), dCr ISO, pCr ISO) from CTD bottles
Trace elementsQuantity: number of stations = 8
Description: Iron speciation, form and isotopes (dTM, tdTM, tdFe, dFe, Sfe, pFe, dFe ISO, pFe ISO, ligands) from CTD bottles
Trace elementsQuantity: number of stations = 8
Description: Iron speciation, form and isotopes in porewaters of megacores
IsotopesQuantity: number of stations = 11
Description: Radium isotope measurements from CTD bottles and megacores
IsotopesQuantity: number of stations = 5
Description: Cross-sections of sediment cores to be analysed for carbon cycling.
Other chemical oceanographic measurementsQuantity: number of stations = 6
Description: Chlorophyll-a, phytoplankton lugol's, biogenic silica (PSi) and particulate inorganic carbon (PIC) samples from CTD bottles
Other chemical oceanographic measurementsQuantity: number of stations = 11
Description: Dissolved (DOC, DOM, TDN) and particulate organic matter (POC, POM, PC, PN), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and total alkalinity (TA) from CTD bottles and clean seawater pumped supply
Contamination 
Suspended matterQuantity: number of stations = 20
Description: Suspended particulate matter (SPM) samples from CTD bottles
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of stations = 6
Description: HPLC pigments from CTD bottles
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: activity duration in days = 26
Description: Sea surface meteorology and hydrography (intake pipe at ~6 m below sea level, met platform at ~17.6 m above sea level) - salinity bottle samples for calibrations
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of stations = 6
Description: Chlorophyll-a, phytoplankton lugol's, biogenic silica (PSi) and particulate inorganic carbon (PIC) samples from CTD bottles
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON)Quantity: number of stations = 11
Description: Dissolved (DOC, DOM, TDN) and particulate organic matter (POC, POM, PC, PN), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and total alkalinity (TA) from CTD bottles and clean seawater pumped supply
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON)Quantity: number of stations = 5
Description: Cross-sections of sediment cores to be analysed for carbon cycling.
Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC)Quantity: number of stations = 17
Description: Coloured dissolved organic matter (CDOM) from CTD bottles
Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC)Quantity: number of stations = 11
Description: Dissolved (DOC, DOM, TDN) and particulate organic matter (POC, POM, PC, PN), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and total alkalinity (TA) from CTD bottles and clean seawater pumped supply
PhytoplanktonQuantity: number of stations = 6
Description: HPLC pigments from CTD bottles
PhytoplanktonQuantity: number of stations = 6
Description: Chlorophyll-a, phytoplankton lugol's, biogenic silica (PSi) and particulate inorganic carbon (PIC) samples from CTD bottles
Benthic bacteria/micro-organismsQuantity: number of stations = 4
Description: Microbial community structure, microbial biomass and HPLC pigments from NIOZ cores
Benthic bacteria/micro-organismsQuantity: number of stations = 75
Description: NIOZ cores (5 per station and spatial survey) for macrofauna and meiofauna
Demersal fishQuantity: number of stations = 5
Description: 5 minute Trawls for epifauna (species abundance and biomass)
MolluscsQuantity: number of stations = 5
Description: SMBA cores (5 per station) for megainfauna (species abundance and biomass)
MolluscsQuantity: number of stations = 5
Description: 5 minute Trawls for epifauna (species abundance and biomass)
MolluscsQuantity: number of stations = 75
Description: NIOZ cores (5 per station and spatial survey) for macrofauna and meiofauna
CrustaceansQuantity: number of stations = 75
Description: NIOZ cores (5 per station and spatial survey) for macrofauna and meiofauna
CrustaceansQuantity: number of stations = 5
Description: SMBA cores (5 per station) for megainfauna (species abundance and biomass)
CrustaceansQuantity: number of stations = 5
Description: 5 minute Trawls for epifauna (species abundance and biomass)
Other biological/fisheries measurementQuantity: number of stations = 5
Description: Cross-sections of sediment cores to be analysed for carbon cycling.
Meteorology 
Routine standard measurementsQuantity: activity duration in days = 26
Description: Sea surface meteorology and hydrography (intake pipe at ~6 m below sea level, met platform at ~17.6 m above sea level) - salinity bottle samples for calibrations
Geology and geophysics 
Core - soft bottomQuantity: number of cores = 340
Description: Coring for benthic observations and incubations (NIOZ corer, NOC megacorer, SMBA boxcorer)
Bottom photographyQuantity: number of stations = 75
Description: SPI camera surveys for images of sediment cross sections
Bottom photographyQuantity: number of stations = 5
Description: sediment pH using CHEM SPI and NIOZ cores
In-situ seafloor measurement/samplingQuantity: number of stations = 5
Description: In-situ benthic sediment resuspension flume experiments
Other geological/geophysical measurementsQuantity: number of stations = 3
Description: Sediment resuspension mini-flume incubations using NIOZ cores
Other geological/geophysical measurementsQuantity: number of stations = 4
Description: Oxygen uptake and carbon turnover incubations using NIOZ cores
Other geological/geophysical measurementsQuantity: number of stations = 5
Description: Nutrient flux incubations using NIOZ cores
Other geological/geophysical measurementsQuantity: number of stations = 5
Description: Pulse chase experiments looking at carbon, nitrogen and oxygen uptake in fauna and bacteria using NIOZ cores.
Other geological/geophysical measurementsQuantity: number of stations = 69
Description: Nutrient (nitrate, silicate, phosphate) and dissolved organic matter (DOC, DOP, DON) analysis from porewaters in NIOZ cores
Other geological/geophysical measurementsQuantity: number of stations = 5
Description: Nitrification and denitrification rates using NIOZ cores
Other geological/geophysical measurementsQuantity: number of stations = 4
Description: Bioturbation and bioirrigation incubations using NIOZ cores
Other geological/geophysical measurementsQuantity: number of stations = 4
Description: Nutrient resuspension incubations using NIOZ cores
Moorings, landers, buoys 
Physical oceanography 
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements51° 13' 59" N  6° 7' 44" W — Autosub6000 (Benthic G). Deployed 09/03/2015, lost on recovery
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements49° 24' 59" N  8° 36' 0" W — Glider s/n 400 (Drake) Deployed 22/03/2015 04:30, recovered due to leak at 22/03/2015 20:01
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements49° 24' 53" N  8° 36' 2" W — Glider s/n 419 (49'er) Deployed 22/03/2015 05:10
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements51° 5' 37" N  6° 34' 41" W — Autosub6000 (Benthic A). Deployed 05/03/2015 11:50, recovered 06/03/2015 15:12
Transparency (eg transmissometer)49° 24' 53" N  8° 36' 2" W — Glider s/n 419 (49'er) Deployed 22/03/2015 05:10
Transparency (eg transmissometer)49° 24' 4" N  8° 36' 20" W — Cefas SmartBuoy recovery (23/03/2015, 08:36)
Transparency (eg transmissometer)49° 24' 59" N  8° 36' 0" W — Glider s/n 400 (Drake) Deployed 22/03/2015 04:30, recovered due to leak at 22/03/2015 20:01
Transparency (eg transmissometer)49° 24' 3" N  8° 36' 14" W — Cefas SmartBuoy deployment (23/03/2015, 11:33)
Transparency (eg transmissometer)51° 8' 16" N  6° 33' 59" W — Cefas SmartBuoy deployment (10/03/2015, 07:04)
Transparency (eg transmissometer)51° 8' 14" N  6° 34' 0" W — Cefas SmartBuoy recovery (08/03/2015, 17:22)
Transparency (eg transmissometer)51° 8' 14" N  6° 34' 0" W — Cefas Lander recovery (08/03/2015, 17:22)
Transparency (eg transmissometer)50° 35' 33" N  7° 1' 1" W — Cefas Lander deployment (17/03/2015, 10:02)
Transparency (eg transmissometer)50° 35' 38" N  7° 1' 19" W — Cefas Lander recovery (17/03/2015, 08:41)
Transparency (eg transmissometer)51° 8' 9" N  6° 34' 3" W — Cefas Lander deployment (10/03/2015, 10:00)
Optics (eg underwater light levels)49° 24' 59" N  8° 36' 0" W — Glider s/n 400 (Drake) Deployed 22/03/2015 04:30, recovered due to leak at 22/03/2015 20:01
Optics (eg underwater light levels)49° 24' 4" N  8° 36' 20" W — Cefas SmartBuoy recovery (23/03/2015, 08:36)
Optics (eg underwater light levels)49° 24' 3" N  8° 36' 14" W — Cefas SmartBuoy deployment (23/03/2015, 11:33)
Optics (eg underwater light levels)51° 8' 14" N  6° 34' 0" W — Cefas SmartBuoy recovery (08/03/2015, 17:22)
Optics (eg underwater light levels)50° 35' 38" N  7° 1' 19" W — Cefas Lander recovery (17/03/2015, 08:41)
Optics (eg underwater light levels)49° 24' 53" N  8° 36' 2" W — Glider s/n 419 (49'er) Deployed 22/03/2015 05:10
Optics (eg underwater light levels)51° 8' 14" N  6° 34' 0" W — Cefas Lander recovery (08/03/2015, 17:22)
Optics (eg underwater light levels)50° 35' 33" N  7° 1' 1" W — Cefas Lander deployment (17/03/2015, 10:02)
Optics (eg underwater light levels)51° 8' 16" N  6° 33' 59" W — Cefas SmartBuoy deployment (10/03/2015, 07:04)
Optics (eg underwater light levels)51° 8' 9" N  6° 34' 3" W — Cefas Lander deployment (10/03/2015, 10:00)
Current profiler (eg ADCP)51° 8' 16" N  6° 33' 59" W — Cefas SmartBuoy deployment (10/03/2015, 07:04)
Current profiler (eg ADCP)51° 8' 14" N  6° 34' 0" W — Cefas SmartBuoy recovery (08/03/2015, 17:22)
Current profiler (eg ADCP)51° 12' 41" N  6° 8' 1" W — Mini-STABLE Lander (deployed 06/03/2015, recovered 08/03/2015)
Current profiler (eg ADCP)51° 2' 13" N  6° 35' 40" W — Mini-STABLE Lander (deployed 13/03/2015, recovered 20/03/2015)
Current profiler (eg ADCP)49° 24' 4" N  8° 36' 20" W — Cefas SmartBuoy recovery (23/03/2015, 08:36)
Current profiler (eg ADCP)49° 24' 3" N  8° 36' 14" W — Cefas SmartBuoy deployment (23/03/2015, 11:33)
Other physical oceanographic measurements51° 8' 16" N  6° 33' 59" W — Cefas SmartBuoy deployment (10/03/2015, 07:04)
Other physical oceanographic measurements51° 8' 14" N  6° 34' 0" W — Cefas SmartBuoy recovery (08/03/2015, 17:22)
Other physical oceanographic measurements51° 8' 14" N  6° 34' 0" W — Cefas Lander recovery (08/03/2015, 17:22)
Other physical oceanographic measurements50° 35' 33" N  7° 1' 1" W — Cefas Lander deployment (17/03/2015, 10:02)
Other physical oceanographic measurements51° 8' 9" N  6° 34' 3" W — Cefas Lander deployment (10/03/2015, 10:00)
Other physical oceanographic measurements49° 24' 4" N  8° 36' 20" W — Cefas SmartBuoy recovery (23/03/2015, 08:36)
Other physical oceanographic measurements50° 35' 38" N  7° 1' 19" W — Cefas Lander recovery (17/03/2015, 08:41)
Other physical oceanographic measurements51° 2' 13" N  6° 35' 40" W — Mini-STABLE Lander (deployed 13/03/2015, recovered 20/03/2015)
Other physical oceanographic measurements51° 12' 41" N  6° 8' 1" W — Mini-STABLE Lander (deployed 06/03/2015, recovered 08/03/2015)
Other physical oceanographic measurements49° 24' 3" N  8° 36' 14" W — Cefas SmartBuoy deployment (23/03/2015, 11:33)
Chemical oceanography 
Oxygen51° 12' 41" N  6° 8' 1" W — Mini-STABLE Lander (deployed 06/03/2015, recovered 08/03/2015)
Oxygen51° 8' 16" N  6° 33' 59" W — Cefas SmartBuoy deployment (10/03/2015, 07:04)
Oxygen50° 35' 38" N  7° 1' 19" W — Cefas Lander recovery (17/03/2015, 08:41)
Oxygen49° 24' 3" N  8° 36' 14" W — Cefas SmartBuoy deployment (23/03/2015, 11:33)
Oxygen51° 8' 14" N  6° 34' 0" W — Cefas Lander recovery (08/03/2015, 17:22)
Oxygen49° 24' 53" N  8° 36' 2" W — Glider s/n 419 (49'er) Deployed 22/03/2015 05:10
Oxygen51° 2' 13" N  6° 35' 40" W — Mini-STABLE Lander (deployed 13/03/2015, recovered 20/03/2015)
Oxygen51° 8' 14" N  6° 34' 0" W — Cefas SmartBuoy recovery (08/03/2015, 17:22)
Oxygen50° 35' 33" N  7° 1' 1" W — Cefas Lander deployment (17/03/2015, 10:02)
Oxygen49° 24' 4" N  8° 36' 20" W — Cefas SmartBuoy recovery (23/03/2015, 08:36)
Oxygen51° 8' 9" N  6° 34' 3" W — Cefas Lander deployment (10/03/2015, 10:00)
Oxygen49° 24' 59" N  8° 36' 0" W — Glider s/n 400 (Drake) Deployed 22/03/2015 04:30, recovered due to leak at 22/03/2015 20:01
Nitrate51° 12' 41" N  6° 8' 1" W — Mini-STABLE Lander (deployed 06/03/2015, recovered 08/03/2015)
Nitrate51° 2' 13" N  6° 35' 40" W — Mini-STABLE Lander (deployed 13/03/2015, recovered 20/03/2015)
Contamination 
Suspended matter51° 2' 13" N  6° 35' 40" W — Mini-STABLE Lander (deployed 13/03/2015, recovered 20/03/2015)
Suspended matter51° 12' 41" N  6° 8' 1" W — Mini-STABLE Lander (deployed 06/03/2015, recovered 08/03/2015)
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)49° 24' 53" N  8° 36' 2" W — Glider s/n 419 (49'er) Deployed 22/03/2015 05:10
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)51° 8' 9" N  6° 34' 3" W — Cefas Lander deployment (10/03/2015, 10:00)
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)50° 35' 38" N  7° 1' 19" W — Cefas Lander recovery (17/03/2015, 08:41)
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)50° 35' 33" N  7° 1' 1" W — Cefas Lander deployment (17/03/2015, 10:02)
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)51° 8' 14" N  6° 34' 0" W — Cefas Lander recovery (08/03/2015, 17:22)
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)51° 8' 14" N  6° 34' 0" W — Cefas SmartBuoy recovery (08/03/2015, 17:22)
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)51° 8' 16" N  6° 33' 59" W — Cefas SmartBuoy deployment (10/03/2015, 07:04)
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)49° 24' 3" N  8° 36' 14" W — Cefas SmartBuoy deployment (23/03/2015, 11:33)
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)49° 24' 59" N  8° 36' 0" W — Glider s/n 400 (Drake) Deployed 22/03/2015 04:30, recovered due to leak at 22/03/2015 20:01
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)49° 24' 4" N  8° 36' 20" W — Cefas SmartBuoy recovery (23/03/2015, 08:36)
Demersal fish51° 13' 59" N  6° 7' 44" W — Autosub6000 (Benthic G). Deployed 09/03/2015, lost on recovery
Demersal fish51° 5' 37" N  6° 34' 41" W — Autosub6000 (Benthic A). Deployed 05/03/2015 11:50, recovered 06/03/2015 15:12
Molluscs51° 13' 59" N  6° 7' 44" W — Autosub6000 (Benthic G). Deployed 09/03/2015, lost on recovery
Molluscs51° 5' 37" N  6° 34' 41" W — Autosub6000 (Benthic A). Deployed 05/03/2015 11:50, recovered 06/03/2015 15:12
Crustaceans51° 5' 37" N  6° 34' 41" W — Autosub6000 (Benthic A). Deployed 05/03/2015 11:50, recovered 06/03/2015 15:12
Crustaceans51° 13' 59" N  6° 7' 44" W — Autosub6000 (Benthic G). Deployed 09/03/2015, lost on recovery
Geology and geophysics 
Bottom photography51° 13' 59" N  6° 7' 44" W — Autosub6000 (Benthic G). Deployed 09/03/2015, lost on recovery
Bottom photography51° 2' 13" N  6° 35' 40" W — Mini-STABLE Lander (deployed 13/03/2015, recovered 20/03/2015)
Bottom photography51° 5' 37" N  6° 34' 41" W — Autosub6000 (Benthic A). Deployed 05/03/2015 11:50, recovered 06/03/2015 15:12
Bottom photography51° 12' 41" N  6° 8' 1" W — Mini-STABLE Lander (deployed 06/03/2015, recovered 08/03/2015)
In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling51° 2' 13" N  6° 35' 40" W — Mini-STABLE Lander (deployed 13/03/2015, recovered 20/03/2015)
In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling51° 12' 41" N  6° 8' 1" W — Mini-STABLE Lander (deployed 06/03/2015, recovered 08/03/2015)
In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling51° 8' 14" N  6° 34' 0" W — Cefas Lander recovery (08/03/2015, 17:22)
In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling50° 35' 33" N  7° 1' 1" W — Cefas Lander deployment (17/03/2015, 10:02)
In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling50° 35' 38" N  7° 1' 19" W — Cefas Lander recovery (17/03/2015, 08:41)
In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling51° 8' 9" N  6° 34' 3" W — Cefas Lander deployment (10/03/2015, 10:00)
In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling51° 5' 37" N  6° 34' 41" W — Autosub6000 (Benthic A). Deployed 05/03/2015 11:50, recovered 06/03/2015 15:12
In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling51° 13' 59" N  6° 7' 44" W — Autosub6000 (Benthic G). Deployed 09/03/2015, lost on recovery
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
52  Bottle station
Reference numbers
Total dissolved inorganic carbon (TCO2) concentration in the water column
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Stable isotopes in water bodies
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Metadata parameters
Quality control flags
Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column
Dissolved metal concentrations in the water column
Reference numbers
Total dissolved inorganic carbon (TCO2) concentration in the water column
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Stable isotopes in water bodies
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Metadata parameters
Quality control flags
Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column
Dissolved metal concentrations in the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
21272302015-03-08 10:50 51° 4' 20" N  6° 34' 51" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127230
21273102015-03-17 16:14 50° 31' 22" N  7° 2' 12" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127310
21272292015-03-06 11:36:30 51° 9' 8" N  6° 33' 9" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127229
21272662015-03-14 11:39:30 50° 34' 32" N  7° 6' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127266
21273092015-03-17 15:24:30 50° 31' 22" N  7° 2' 12" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127309
21272052015-03-03 12:33 51° 12' 41" N  6° 7' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127205
21272172015-03-05 20:43 51° 12' 41" N  6° 7' 49" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127217
21343312015-03-08 07:42:30 51° 4' 20" N  6° 34' 51" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2134331
21343432015-03-14 09:38:30 50° 34' 31" N  7° 6' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2134343
21343552015-03-22 09:16 49° 23' 59" N  8° 36' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2134355
21358202015-03-05 20:43 51° 12' 41" N  6° 7' 49" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2135820
21358072015-03-03 07:03 51° 12' 42" N  6° 7' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2135807
21358812015-03-16 08:59 50° 34' 33" N  7° 6' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2135881
21358932015-03-17 16:14 50° 31' 22" N  7° 2' 12" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2135893
21358192015-03-03 12:33 51° 12' 41" N  6° 7' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2135819
21358322015-03-06 11:36:30 51° 9' 8" N  6° 33' 9" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2135832
21359122015-03-22 12:17:30 49° 24' 23" N  8° 35' 38" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2135912
21180782015-03-22 12:17:30 49° 24' 23" N  8° 35' 38" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2118078
21180302015-03-03 12:33 51° 12' 41" N  6° 7' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2118030
21273952015-03-08 07:42:30 51° 4' 20" N  6° 34' 51" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127395
21196842015-03-17 14:17:30 50° 31' 22" N  7° 2' 12" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2119684
21358442015-03-08 10:50 51° 4' 20" N  6° 34' 51" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2135844
21272422015-03-10 12:30:30 51° 8' 0" N  6° 34' 30" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127242
21272542015-03-14 10:43:30 50° 34' 31" N  7° 6' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127254
21358562015-03-10 12:30:30 51° 8' 0" N  6° 34' 30" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2135856
21271982015-03-03 07:03 51° 12' 42" N  6° 7' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127198
21180542015-03-14 11:39:30 50° 34' 32" N  7° 6' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2118054
21196962015-03-22 09:16 49° 23' 59" N  8° 36' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2119696
21272912015-03-17 10:58:30 50° 35' 33" N  7° 0' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127291
21273222015-03-18 12:50 50° 31' 20" N  7° 2' 9" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127322
21274142015-03-17 14:17:30 50° 31' 22" N  7° 2' 12" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127414
21358682015-03-14 11:39:30 50° 34' 32" N  7° 6' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2135868
21359242015-03-23 13:21:30 49° 24' 36" N  8° 35' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2135924
21180422015-03-08 10:50 51° 4' 20" N  6° 34' 51" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2118042
21196722015-03-14 09:38:30 50° 34' 31" N  7° 6' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2119672
21272782015-03-16 08:59 50° 34' 33" N  7° 6' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127278
21274382015-03-24 04:35 48° 34' 14" N  9° 30' 33" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127438
21180662015-03-17 16:14 50° 31' 22" N  7° 2' 12" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2118066
21180912015-03-24 05:59 48° 34' 14" N  9° 30' 33" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2118091
21274022015-03-14 09:38:30 50° 34' 31" N  7° 6' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127402
21274262015-03-22 09:16 49° 23' 59" N  8° 36' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127426
21359002015-03-22 10:26:30 49° 23' 59" N  8° 36' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2135900
21359362015-03-24 13:20 48° 26' 42" N  9° 45' 4" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2135936
21216762015-03-14 09:38:30 50° 34' 31" N  7° 6' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2121676
21216642015-03-08 07:42:30 51° 4' 20" N  6° 34' 51" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2121664
21216882015-03-22 09:16 49° 23' 59" N  8° 36' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2121688
21273582015-03-24 05:59 48° 34' 14" N  9° 30' 33" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127358
21273342015-03-22 12:17:30 49° 24' 23" N  8° 35' 38" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127334
21273462015-03-23 13:21:30 49° 24' 36" N  8° 35' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127346
21196592015-03-04 07:51 51° 12' 41" N  6° 8' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2119659
21196602015-03-08 07:42:30 51° 4' 20" N  6° 34' 51" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2119660
21273832015-03-04 07:51 51° 12' 41" N  6° 8' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127383
38  CTD/STD cast
Reference numbers
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Optical backscatter
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
Density of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Reference numbers
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Optical backscatter
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
Density of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
16241602015-03-03 12:29 51° 12' 42" N  6° 7' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624160
16241962015-03-05 20:34 51° 12' 41" N  6° 7' 49" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624196
16242392015-03-08 09:37 51° 4' 20" N  6° 34' 51" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624239
16244362015-03-22 15:08 49° 24' 43" N  8° 36' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624436
16244972015-03-04 06:14 51° 12' 41" N  6° 8' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624497
16245412015-03-17 14:11 50° 31' 22" N  7° 2' 12" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624541
16243192015-03-16 08:52 50° 34' 33" N  7° 6' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624319
16243202015-03-17 11:01 50° 35' 33" N  7° 0' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624320
16243442015-03-17 13:00 50° 31' 22" N  7° 2' 12" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624344
16243932015-03-22 06:42 49° 24' 12" N  8° 35' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624393
16244242015-03-22 12:09 49° 24' 24" N  8° 35' 33" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624424
16245282015-03-14 09:32 50° 34' 31" N  7° 6' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624528
16242272015-03-08 06:14 51° 4' 21" N  6° 34' 51" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624227
16243072015-03-14 11:33 50° 34' 32" N  7° 6' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624307
16243322015-03-17 12:01 50° 31' 22" N  7° 2' 12" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624332
16244732015-03-24 13:16 48° 26' 42" N  9° 44' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624473
16242032015-03-06 11:35 51° 9' 8" N  6° 33' 9" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624203
16242152015-03-08 05:12 51° 4' 21" N  6° 34' 52" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624215
16242762015-03-14 08:27 50° 34' 31" N  7° 6' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624276
16242882015-03-14 10:39 50° 34' 31" N  7° 6' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624288
16244612015-03-24 05:51 48° 34' 14" N  9° 30' 33" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624461
16245042015-03-04 07:44 51° 12' 41" N  6° 8' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624504
16245532015-03-22 09:07 49° 23' 59" N  8° 36' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624553
16241592015-03-03 07:00 51° 12' 42" N  6° 7' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624159
16242642015-03-14 07:16 50° 34' 31" N  7° 6' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624264
16245162015-03-08 07:37 51° 4' 20" N  6° 34' 51" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624516
16242402015-03-08 10:42 51° 4' 20" N  6° 34' 51" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624240
16243682015-03-17 16:06 50° 31' 22" N  7° 2' 12" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624368
16244122015-03-22 10:24 49° 23' 59" N  8° 36' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624412
16245652015-03-24 04:28 48° 34' 14" N  9° 30' 33" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624565
16241722015-03-04 09:02 51° 12' 41" N  6° 8' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624172
16242522015-03-10 12:22 51° 8' 0" N  6° 34' 30" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624252
16243562015-03-17 15:18 50° 31' 22" N  7° 2' 12" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624356
16244002015-03-22 07:42 49° 23' 59" N  8° 35' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624400
16244852015-03-03 13:47 51° 12' 42" N  6° 7' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624485
16241842015-03-04 10:17 51° 12' 41" N  6° 8' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624184
16243812015-03-18 12:43 50° 31' 20" N  7° 2' 9" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624381
16244482015-03-23 13:12 49° 24' 36" N  8° 35' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1624448
1  Meteorological data logger
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Air pressure
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the atmosphere
Date and time
Air temperature
Wind strength and direction
Solar Radiation
Atmospheric humidity
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Air pressure
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the atmosphere
Date and time
Air temperature
Wind strength and direction
Solar Radiation
Atmospheric humidity

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
18515042015-03-01 10:16:30  — 2015-03-26 00:09:30 48° 25' 13" N  9° 46' 36" W — 51° 16' 22" N  1° 17' 25" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1851504
1  Multiple instrument types
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Date and time
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Raw fluorometer output
Metadata parameters
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Date and time
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Raw fluorometer output
Metadata parameters
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
18515162015-03-01 10:16:30  — 2015-03-26 00:09:30 48° 25' 13" N  9° 46' 36" W — 51° 16' 22" N  1° 17' 25" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1851516
2  Pumped water sample
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Total dissolved inorganic carbon (TCO2) concentration in the water column
Date and time
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
Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Total dissolved inorganic carbon (TCO2) concentration in the water column
Date and time
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
Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
21181092015-03-02 13:05  — 2015-03-23 12:20 49° 24' 36" N  8° 35' 48" W — 51° 12' 24" N  5° 55' 25" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2118109
21273712015-03-05 09:00  — 2015-03-18 12:20 50° 31' 22" N  7° 8' 4" W — 51° 12' 26" N  6° 7' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2127371
1  Single-beam echosounder
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Platform or instrument orientation
Horizontal platform movement
Bathymetry and Elevation
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Platform or instrument orientation
Horizontal platform movement
Bathymetry and Elevation

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
18514972015-03-01 10:16:30  — 2015-03-26 00:09:30 48° 25' 13" N  9° 46' 36" W — 51° 16' 22" N  1° 17' 25" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1851497
4  Thermistor chain
Reference numbers
Date and time
Temperature of the water column
Reference numbers
Date and time
Temperature of the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
19057922015-03-10 07:49:59  — 2015-05-08 10:29:59 51° 8' 13" N  6° 34' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1905792
19058112015-03-10 07:49:59  — 2015-05-08 10:29:59 51° 8' 13" N  6° 34' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1905811
19057792015-03-10 07:48:09  — 2015-05-08 10:28:09 51° 8' 13" N  6° 34' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1905779
19057802015-03-10 07:49:59  — 2015-05-08 10:29:59 51° 8' 13" N  6° 34' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1905780
Discrete samples 
5  Autonomous Underwater Vehicle deployment
4  Bottom Lander
333  Box core
30  CTD frame plus rosette samplerTotal dissolved inorganic carbon (TCO2) concentration in the water column
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Salinity of 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
Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column
2  Instrument mooring
7  Multicorer
62  Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supplyTotal dissolved inorganic carbon (TCO2) concentration in the water column
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Salinity of 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
Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column
8  Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Salinity of 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
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