RRS Frederick Russell FR7/82
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Frederick Russell (74GG) |
| Cruise identifier | FR7/82 |
| Cruise period | 1982-05-24 — 1982-06-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| Objectives | Plankton sampling and biogeochemical measurements in the Western English Channel, Celtic Sea and northern Bay of Biscay. |
| Chief scientist | Patrick M Holligan (Marine Biological Association of the UK) |
| Cruise report |  (0.17 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel Celtic Sea Bay of Biscay |
| Specific | W. English Channel/ Bay of Biscay |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 27 |
| Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of profiles = 26 |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 27 Description: S surface only |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 5 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 27 |
| Nitrite | Quantity: number of stations = 27 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 27 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | Quantity: number of stations = 4 |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 27 |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of stations = 27 |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 27 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 27 Description: taxonomy,distribution |
