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RV Cirolana CIR4B/96

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Cirolana (74CZ)
Cruise identifierCIR4B/96
Cruise period1996-04-12 — 1996-04-26
StatusCompleted
Port of departureLiverpool, United Kingdom
Port of returnLowestoft, United Kingdom
Objectives1. To carry out SCANFISH trials and a survey of the NW Irish Sea plus, if time and weather permit, extend this out to the Malin Shelf.
2. To collect simultaneous OPC (optical plankton counter) and net samples of plankton for comparison of size spectra.
3. To carry out a TTN (Tin Tow Net) grid of the NW Irish Sea.
4. To estimate primary and secondary production rates in different domains.
5. To maintain continuous records of T, S, chlorophyll and measure surface nutrient levels.
6. To deploy instruments at DANI mooring Station 45 (NW Irish Sea).
7. To recover ARGOS buoys deployed during the previous half of the cruise.
8. Following the Sea Empress oil spill, complete a TTN grid south from Milford Haven and across the Bristol Channel to provide an indication of egg and larvae distributions and enable comparison with previous years.
Chief scientistJuan Brown (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
Cruise reportRV Cirolana CIR4B/96 cruise report ci4b_96.pdf (0.29 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralIrish Sea and St. George's Channel
SpecificIrish Sea and Bristol Channel
Track chartsRV Cirolana CIR4B/96 cruise track — trk4217a.html RV Cirolana CIR4B/96 cruise track — trk4217b.html RV Cirolana CIR4B/96 cruise track — trk4217c.html RV Cirolana CIR4B/96 cruise track — trk4217d.html RV Cirolana CIR4B/96 cruise track — trk4217e.html RV Cirolana CIR4B/96 cruise track — trk4217f.html
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Quantity: activity duration in days = 15
Description: continous
Water bottle stationsQuantity: number of stations = 129
Description: underway samples at 4m 1 with T only
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 20
Surface drifters/drifting buoysQuantity: number of deployments = 4
Description: satellite-tracked buoys
Other physical oceanographic measurementsQuantity: track kilometres = 583.38
Description: undulating CTD
Chemical oceanography 
PhosphateQuantity: number of samples = 143
Description: 16 profiles and 127 underway samples at 4m
NitrateQuantity: number of samples = 143
Description: 16 profiles and 127 underway samples at 4m
NitriteQuantity: number of samples = 143
Description: 16 profiles and 127 underway samples at 4m
AmmoniaQuantity: number of samples = 132
Description: 16 profiles and 116 underway samples at 4m
SilicateQuantity: number of samples = 143
Description: 16 profiles and 128 underway samples at 4m
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of stations = 20
PhytoplanktonQuantity: number of hauls = 74
Description: plankton survey
ZooplanktonQuantity: number of hauls = 74
Description: plankton survey
Other biological/fisheries measurementDescription: primary/secondary production rates
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
16  CTD/STD cast
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
5995441996-04-21 04:06 54° 31' 59" N  4° 38' 2" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 599544
5994031996-04-17 12:46 53° 16' 53" N  5° 0' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 599403
5994521996-04-17 18:04 53° 17' 6" N  5° 37' 37" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 599452
5994401996-04-17 16:53 53° 17' 10" N  5° 30' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 599440
5994761996-04-17 19:34 53° 16' 55" N  5° 52' 34" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 599476
5995071996-04-20 18:14 54° 20' 0" N  5° 0' 55" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 599507
5993841996-04-14 19:57 53° 43' 25" N  5° 31' 44" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 599384
5994391996-04-17 16:06 53° 16' 56" N  5° 22' 30" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 599439
5994641996-04-17 18:48 53° 17' 14" N  5° 45' 19" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 599464
5995191996-04-20 19:13 54° 20' 4" N  5° 8' 55" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 599519
5995201996-04-20 20:09 54° 19' 57" N  5° 16' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 599520
5994271996-04-17 14:53 53° 16' 58" N  5° 15' 4" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 599427
5994881996-04-20 17:22 54° 19' 57" N  4° 53' 2" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 599488
5994151996-04-17 13:51 53° 16' 52" N  5° 7' 28" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 599415
5993961996-04-15 17:09 53° 59' 53" N  5° 55' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 599396
5995321996-04-20 21:01 54° 19' 56" N  5° 25' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 599532