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RV Sarsia Western Channel Grid 5

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Sarsia (74SR)
Cruise identifierWestern Channel Grid 5
Cruise period1970-10-20 — 1970-10-20
StatusCompleted
Chief scientistGerald T Boalch (Marine Biological Association of the UK)
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralEnglish Channel
Bay of Biscay
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Water bottle stationsQuantity: number of stations = 6
Description: 1 T
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 6
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Quantity: 1
Chemical oceanography 
PhosphateQuantity: 2
Total - PQuantity: 2
NitrateQuantity: 2
NitriteQuantity: 2
SilicateQuantity: 2
Biology and fisheries 
Primary productivityQuantity: 1
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: 1
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON)Quantity: 1
Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC)Quantity: 2
Description: organic nitrogen and phosphorus only
PhytoplanktonQuantity: 1
ZooplanktonQuantity: 1
Description: 2 m and 1 m
Eggs and larvaeQuantity: 1
Description: young fish trawl
Meteorology 
Other meteorological measurementsDescription: sea and swell