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SSV Corwith Cramer C268 Leg1

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)SSV Corwith Cramer (33CC)
Cruise identifierC268 Leg1
Cruise period2016-07-06 — 2016-07-12
StatusCompleted
Port of departureCork, Ireland
Port of returnDouarnenez, France
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesHistoric Seaports of Western Europe

Proposed scientific sampling to include continuous water column profiles of current magnitude and direction via ADCP; continuous single-beam measurements of bathymetry; continuous surface seawater measurements of temperature, salinity, CDOM fluorescence, transmissivity, and chlorophyll fluorescence; CTD profiles of upper water column; discrete water samples collected by Niskin bottle for chemical analysis (nitrate, phosphate, silicate, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll concentration, pH, total and carbonate alkalinity, and abundance of microplastic particles); surface and near-surface zooplankton biodiversity and abundance assessed by net tow (333um mesh, rarely do we catch organisms larger than 3-4cm body diameter or length); surface and near-surface phytoplankton biodiversity and abundance assessed by drifted phytoplankton net.
Chief scientistPaul Joyce (Sea Education Association)
Cruise reportSSV Corwith Cramer C268 Leg1 cruise report corwithcramer_c268.pdf (0.93 MB) 
NPRCSSV Corwith Cramer C268 Leg1 NPRC corwithcramer_c268.pdf (0.06 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralCeltic Sea
Bay of Biscay
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Track chartsSSV Corwith Cramer C268 Leg1 cruise track — corwithcramer_c268trk.pdf (0.23 MB)