RV Sindhu Sadhana SSD-079 (GI09)
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Sindhu Sadhana (41AZ) |
| Cruise identifier | SSD-079 (GI09) |
| Cruise period | 2021-03-10 — 2021-06-06 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Vishakhapatnam, India |
| Port of return | Goa, India |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The cruise SSD079 was organised as a part of the CSIR funded programme 'Interactions between trace metals and marine biota in the Indian Ocean and its implications in nutrient cycling' TraceBioMe (2020-23). During this cruise, water and sediment samples were completed starting from Bay of Bengal, extending up to Southern Indian Ocean to Southern Arabian Sea, over a period of 89 days, amounting to around 9000 Nautical miles. The water samples were collected using CTD and specialised metal free CTD winch system, sediment samples were collected using spade corer and planktonic samples were collected multiplankton net and bongo net for surface planktons. Aerosol sampling was carried out through the cruise track for biological and geochemical parameters. Some microcosm experiments were also carried out on-board for understand the effect of elevated concentrations of trace metals on the microbial life in the water. The analysis of the samples collected from this cruise will give us first-hand information about the microbial life existing in the Indian Ocean and the effect of tare metals on these. |
| Chief scientist | Samir Damare (Indian National Institute of Oceanography) |
| Project | GEOTRACES -Trace elements and their isotopes in the water column |
| Cruise report |  (0.58 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Indian Ocean |
| Specific | Bay of Bengal |
| Track charts | (0.25 MB) |
