SSV Corwith Cramer C268 Leg1
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | SSV Corwith Cramer (33CC) |
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Cruise identifier | C268 Leg1 |
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Cruise period | 2016-07-06 — 2016-07-12 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Cork, Ireland |
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Port of return | Douarnenez, France |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Historic 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. |
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Chief scientist | Paul Joyce (Sea Education Association) |
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Cruise report | (0.93 MB) |
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NPRC | (0.06 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Celtic Sea Bay of Biscay North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Track charts | (0.23 MB) |