RRS Frederick Russell FR11/83
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Frederick Russell (74GG) |
| Cruise identifier | FR11/83 |
| Cruise period | 1983-06-27 — 1983-07-08 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Falmouth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Nitrogen cycling investigation |
| Chief scientist | Peter H Burkill (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth) |
| Cruise report |  (0.18 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel Celtic Sea |
| Specific | Shelf waters in Approaches to Bristol and English Channels |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of profiles = 10 |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | |
| Nitrate | |
| Nitrite | |
| Ammonia | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | |
| Phytoplankton | |
| Zooplankton | Description: energy transfers,biomass determination,distribution studies |
| Pelagic bacteria/micro-organisms |
