RRS Frederick Russell FR5/85
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Frederick Russell (74GG) |
| Cruise identifier | FR5/85 |
| Cruise period | 1985-07-10 — 1985-08-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | (a) Sampling and analysis of biogenic sulphur compounds in the sea and marine atmosphere.
(b) Studies on primary and secondary production in coccolithophore and dinoflagellate blooms. (c) Studies on the composition and rate of sedimentation of biogenic material on the continental slope. (d) Measurements of the optical properties of coccolithophore blooms. |
| Chief scientist | Patrick M Holligan (Marine Biological Association of the UK) |
| Cruise report |  (3.99 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea Norwegian Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Celtic Sea |
| Specific | English Channel; North Sea; Norwegian Sea; Irish Sea; Western Approaches |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Bathythermograph | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of samples = 37 Description: S surface only |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 35 |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of stations = 26 Description: secchi disc |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Nitrate | |
| Nitrite | |
| Ammonia | |
| Silicate | |
| Other chemical oceanographic measurements | Description: dimethyl sulphide |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | Quantity: number of experiments = 17 |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of samples = 450 |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 450 |
| Zooplankton | Description: survey:taxonomy,distribution |
| Meteorology | |
| Incident radiation | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Description: wind speed and direction every 20 min. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 4 |
