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Daphne II MAST 1-0018C 91

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Daphne II (48A3)
Cruise identifierMAST 1-0018C 91
Cruise period1991-07-06 — 1991-07-06
StatusCompleted
Port of departureCesenatico, Italy
Port of returnCesenatico, Italy
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesSampling water at 2m intervals in 20m of water at three points along a 100km transect from Ravenna to Cattolica.
Objectives included characterisation of the varying hydrography along this transect, how this realated to the primary nutrients, particulate material, organic matter and hopefully to benthic respiration measurements being made simultaneously. Note was also made of an intense marine algal bloom on the hermocline as seen by divers making a video recording.
Chief scientistN Brian Price (University of Edinburgh Department of Geology and Geophysics)
ProjectMAST 0018
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralMediterranean Sea
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
CTD stationsQuantity: number of profiles = 1
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Chemical oceanography 
OxygenQuantity: number of profiles = 1
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OxygenQuantity: number of profiles = 1
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OxygenQuantity: number of profiles = 1
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Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of profiles = 1
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Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of profiles = 1
Description: CTD cast
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of profiles = 1
Description: CTD cast