RRS John Biscoe JB08

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Ship name (ship code)

RRS John Biscoe (74JB)

Cruise identifier

JB08

Cruise period

1987-12-28 — 1988-03-11

Status

Completed

Port of departure

Montevideo, Uruguay

Port of return

Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Objectives

The principal objective of this cruise was the study of microbial particulate material, more specifically:
1) A study of bacterial production and activity
2) Examination of microbial grazing in area of South Georgia
In addition the ongoing, more general aims of the OBP were addressed:
1) Studies in phytoplankton ecology
2) Horizontal profiling of physical and chemical parameters; both on station and on passage
3) Collection of krill samples for ongoing studies

Chief scientist

Julian Priddle (British Antarctic Survey)

Project

Offshore Biological Programme

Coordinating body

BAS

Cruise report

(1.45 MB)

Ocean/sea areas

General

South Atlantic Ocean

Specific

Southern Ocean

Track charts

(0.10 MB)

Data held at BODC

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Series/Profiles

145 CTD/STD cast

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location
276843	1988-01-16 16:54 — 1988-01-16 18:12	54° 16' 55" S 40° 42' 3" W
277730	1988-02-03 16:28 — 1988-02-03 17:15	53° 58' 37" S 34° 52' 1" W
277778	1988-02-04 00:05 — 1988-02-04 00:25	54° 3' 21" S 34° 51' 43" W
277822	1988-02-04 11:00 — 1988-02-04 11:25	53° 52' 58" S 34° 49' 1" W
278002	1988-02-18 06:27 — 1988-02-18 07:30	56° 21' 10" S 57° 40' 4" W
278179	1988-02-24 09:10 — 1988-02-24 09:35	63° 43' 19" S 61° 13' 11" W
278235	1988-02-26 15:47 — 1988-02-26 16:07	64° 19' 55" S 61° 52' 11" W
278272	1988-03-01 20:48 — 1988-03-01 22:00	64° 15' 7" S 61° 36' 25" W
277047	1988-01-19 02:36 — 1988-01-19 03:08	54° 33' 43" S 40° 41' 6" W
277072	1988-01-19 14:20 — 1988-01-19 16:02	54° 35' 34" S 40° 25' 15" W
277140	1988-01-20 14:00 — 1988-01-20 14:20	54° 32' 49" S 40° 23' 5" W
277232	1988-01-21 12:26 — 1988-01-21 12:45	54° 12' 25" S 40° 7' 15" W
277244	1988-01-22 21:08 — 1988-01-22 23:26	56° 42' 17" S 34° 48' 43" W
277268	1988-01-25 12:23 — 1988-01-25 12:48	53° 6' 10" S 38° 27' 7" W
277300	1988-01-25 19:10 — 1988-01-25 19:31	53° 0' 25" S 38° 45' 43" W
277373	1988-01-26 12:43 — 1988-01-26 13:00	53° 4' 37" S 38° 33' 21" W
277385	1988-01-26 14:40 — 1988-01-26 16:37	53° 5' 34" S 38° 33' 10" W
277533	1988-02-01 01:21 — 1988-02-01 01:42	54° 14' 49" S 35° 1' 29" W
277582	1988-02-01 09:20 — 1988-02-01 09:40	54° 9' 28" S 34° 24' 35" W
277613	1988-02-01 19:50 — 1988-02-01 20:05	54° 4' 12" S 34° 42' 10" W
277754	1988-02-03 20:02 — 1988-02-03 20:27	53° 58' 30" S 34° 33' 25" W
278014	1988-02-18 19:15 — 1988-02-18 20:20	56° 49' 1" S 57° 24' 14" W
278026	1988-02-19 08:41 — 1988-02-19 09:22	57° 14' 16" S 57° 13' 11" W
278106	1988-02-21 09:39 — 1988-02-21 11:36	60° 15' 54" S 55° 33' 10" W
278259	1988-02-29 16:46 — 1988-02-29 17:38	64° 52' 40" S 64° 15' 17" W
278327	1988-03-03 03:15 — 1988-03-03 03:55	63° 6' 0" S 61° 1' 1" W
278339	1988-03-08 21:26 — 1988-03-08 22:27	58° 55' 1" S 44° 21' 35" W
276831	1988-01-16 13:03 — 1988-01-16 13:30	54° 17' 34" S 40° 33' 43" W
276892	1988-01-17 02:48 — 1988-01-17 03:30	54° 16' 40" S 40° 40' 55" W
276947	1988-01-18 09:06 — 1988-01-18 09:27	54° 28' 30" S 40° 51' 0" W
277127	1988-01-20 11:42 — 1988-01-20 12:06	54° 33' 10" S 40° 4' 55" W
277176	1988-01-21 05:55 — 1988-01-21 06:10	54° 16' 55" S 40° 6' 17" W
277219	1988-01-21 09:22 — 1988-01-21 09:38	54° 11' 52" S 40° 25' 4" W
277428	1988-01-28 04:30 — 1988-01-28 04:57	52° 44' 24" S 38° 36' 43" W
277625	1988-02-01 22:18 — 1988-02-01 22:35	54° 4' 4" S 34° 24' 28" W
277662	1988-02-02 16:25 — 1988-02-02 16:45	54° 0' 3" S 35° 10' 55" W
277674	1988-02-02 19:40 — 1988-02-02 19:40	53° 57' 43" S 35° 15' 46" W
277791	1988-02-04 01:46 — 1988-02-04 02:04	54° 3' 43" S 35° 0' 10" W
277810	1988-02-04 09:37 — 1988-02-04 09:50	53° 53' 24" S 35° 1' 19" W
277883	1988-02-05 04:23 — 1988-02-05 04:40	53° 58' 19" S 35° 9' 25" W
277914	1988-02-05 17:15 — 1988-02-05 17:45	53° 59' 9" S 36° 1' 12" W
277926	1988-02-17 03:24 — 1988-02-17 04:25	53° 20' 13" S 59° 5' 31" W
278063	1988-02-19 21:40 — 1988-02-20 01:39	58° 31' 40" S 56° 30' 18" W
276799	1988-01-16 09:05 — 1988-01-16 09:26	54° 12' 17" S 40° 52' 40" W
276806	1988-01-16 10:10 — 1988-01-16 10:35	54° 11' 42" S 40° 43' 22" W
277188	1988-01-21 06:56 — 1988-01-21 07:15	54° 16' 40" S 40° 15' 54" W
276880	1988-01-16 23:26 — 1988-01-16 23:47	54° 22' 37" S 40° 33' 25" W
277011	1988-01-18 20:51 — 1988-01-18 21:36	54° 39' 25" S 40° 50' 41" W
277084	1988-01-19 19:37 — 1988-01-19 19:57	54° 33' 53" S 40° 42' 28" W
277361	1988-01-26 09:30 — 1988-01-26 09:56	53° 2' 59" S 38° 34' 55" W
277416	1988-01-27 21:44 — 1988-01-27 22:20	52° 37' 58" S 38° 43' 55" W
277686	1988-02-03 08:50 — 1988-02-03 09:10	53° 52' 11" S 34° 23' 52" W
278051	1988-02-19 18:19 — 1988-02-19 18:43	58° 5' 24" S 56° 44' 41" W
278131	1988-02-23 11:21 — 1988-02-23 11:53	63° 5' 34" S 61° 1' 37" W
278143	1988-02-23 14:59 — 1988-02-23 16:00	63° 22' 11" S 61° 50' 34" W
278260	1988-02-29 21:59 — 1988-02-29 22:45	64° 30' 7" S 64° 52' 47" W
278303	1988-03-02 17:32 — 1988-03-02 18:20	63° 24' 10" S 61° 7' 19" W
277059	1988-01-19 09:06 — 1988-01-19 09:56	54° 32' 59" S 40° 42' 36" W
276935	1988-01-17 18:46 — 1988-01-17 19:07	54° 17' 42" S 40° 44' 34" W
276984	1988-01-18 16:29 — 1988-01-18 17:49	54° 33' 28" S 40° 41' 31" W
276996	1988-01-18 19:52 — 1988-01-18 20:21	54° 34' 22" S 40° 50' 49" W
277164	1988-01-21 00:05 — 1988-01-21 00:20	54° 28' 1" S 40° 25' 55" W
277220	1988-01-21 10:59 — 1988-01-21 11:17	54° 11' 49" S 40° 15' 46" W
277256	1988-01-25 10:40 — 1988-01-25 11:18	53° 5' 52" S 38° 36' 7" W
277336	1988-01-25 23:05 — 1988-01-25 23:25	52° 55' 1" S 38° 26' 31" W
277397	1988-01-27 16:22 — 1988-01-27 17:14	52° 44' 24" S 38° 35' 31" W
277508	1988-01-31 21:26 — 1988-01-31 21:54	54° 9' 28" S 35° 1' 37" W
277521	1988-02-01 00:03 — 1988-02-01 00:24	54° 14' 52" S 35° 10' 4" W
277766	1988-02-03 21:13 — 1988-02-03 21:36	53° 53' 5" S 34° 33' 7" W
277871	1988-02-05 02:38 — 1988-02-05 02:59	53° 53' 16" S 35° 9' 46" W
277895	1988-02-05 05:47 — 1988-02-05 06:05	53° 58' 22" S 35° 0' 43" W
278211	1988-02-26 05:35 — 1988-02-26 05:55	64° 16' 33" S 61° 44' 9" W
278296	1988-03-02 13:45 — 1988-03-02 14:26	63° 28' 11" S 60° 25' 12" W
276911	1988-01-17 12:07 — 1988-01-17 12:55	54° 17' 42" S 40° 42' 28" W
277096	1988-01-20 07:05 — 1988-01-20 07:25	54° 39' 10" S 40° 23' 16" W
277281	1988-01-25 13:46 — 1988-01-25 14:13	53° 0' 46" S 38° 28' 4" W
277293	1988-01-25 16:30 — 1988-01-25 18:15	53° 1' 1" S 38° 35' 13" W
277312	1988-01-25 20:28 — 1988-01-25 20:49	52° 54' 46" S 38° 45' 0" W
277441	1988-01-28 09:00 — 1988-01-28 09:18	52° 44' 31" S 38° 34' 30" W
277453	1988-01-28 11:53 — 1988-01-28 12:23	52° 44' 52" S 38° 34' 47" W
277477	1988-01-28 18:00 — 1988-01-28 18:31	52° 45' 18" S 38° 35' 16" W
277557	1988-02-01 04:47 — 1988-02-01 05:05	54° 14' 24" S 34° 42' 25" W
277569	1988-02-01 06:20 — 1988-02-01 06:55	54° 13' 47" S 34° 33' 10" W
277570	1988-02-01 08:18 — 1988-02-01 08:32	54° 14' 49" S 34° 23' 59" W
277594	1988-02-01 16:19 — 1988-02-01 17:42	54° 10' 19" S 34° 34' 4" W
277637	1988-02-02 04:07 — 1988-02-02 04:30	54° 7' 55" S 34° 34' 22" W
277705	1988-02-03 11:20 — 1988-02-03 11:42	53° 48' 28" S 34° 34' 4" W
277717	1988-02-03 12:39 — 1988-02-03 13:00	53° 47' 42" S 34° 43' 1" W
277742	1988-02-03 18:44 — 1988-02-03 19:12	53° 58' 4" S 34° 42' 36" W
277809	1988-02-04 03:29 — 1988-02-04 03:48	53° 57' 54" S 34° 51' 35" W
277846	1988-02-04 17:40 — 1988-02-04 17:59	53° 47' 42" S 35° 1' 29" W
278075	1988-02-20 04:50 — 1988-02-20 05:19	58° 58' 1" S 56° 16' 1" W
278087	1988-02-21 01:10 — 1988-02-21 03:11	59° 23' 34" S 56° 2' 31" W
278192	1988-02-26 04:07 — 1988-02-26 04:23	64° 15' 28" S 61° 34' 30" W
278247	1988-02-27 17:35 — 1988-02-27 18:16	63° 40' 40" S 62° 29' 41" W
278284	1988-03-02 07:50 — 1988-03-02 08:10	63° 43' 11" S 61° 12' 36" W
276867	1988-01-16 21:10 — 1988-01-16 21:28	54° 22' 48" S 40° 51' 7" W
276959	1988-01-18 10:13 — 1988-01-18 10:32	54° 28' 40" S 40° 39' 10" W
276960	1988-01-18 11:13 — 1988-01-18 11:35	54° 28' 58" S 40° 33' 7" W
277060	1988-01-19 12:11 — 1988-01-19 12:37	54° 33' 46" S 40° 42' 14" W
277207	1988-01-21 08:03 — 1988-01-21 08:20	54° 17' 23" S 40° 24' 25" W
277938	1988-02-17 07:08 — 1988-02-17 07:40	53° 45' 18" S 58° 58' 11" W
277348	1988-01-26 03:55 — 1988-01-26 04:22	53° 1' 4" S 38° 36' 43" W
277489	1988-01-28 21:00 — 1988-01-28 21:21	52° 45' 54" S 38° 36' 54" W
277834	1988-02-04 13:31 — 1988-02-04 15:28	53° 47' 49" S 34° 51' 54" W
277987	1988-02-17 21:55 — 1988-02-17 22:20	55° 30' 10" S 58° 7' 22" W
278099	1988-02-21 06:05 — 1988-02-21 06:37	59° 49' 58" S 55° 46' 51" W
278118	1988-02-22 19:49 — 1988-02-22 21:10	62° 10' 19" S 57° 44' 5" W
278315	1988-03-02 22:22 — 1988-03-02 22:52	63° 23' 34" S 61° 50' 24" W
278340	1988-03-11 02:06 — 1988-03-11 04:05	55° 37' 1" S 40° 0' 54" W
276763	1987-12-28 18:31 — 1987-12-28 18:55	51° 29' 41" S 39° 4' 19" W
276775	1988-01-03 16:34 — 1988-01-03 17:20	54° 17' 38" S 32° 41' 42" W
276855	1988-01-16 19:53 — 1988-01-16 20:21	54° 17' 42" S 40° 51' 46" W
276879	1988-01-16 22:10 — 1988-01-16 22:43	54° 22' 4" S 40° 41' 31" W
276972	1988-01-18 12:54 — 1988-01-18 13:11	54° 33' 43" S 40° 33' 3" W
277023	1988-01-18 22:39 — 1988-01-18 23:02	54° 39' 57" S 40° 41' 31" W
277103	1988-01-20 09:00 — 1988-01-20 09:19	54° 37' 55" S 40° 12' 28" W
277152	1988-01-20 19:03 — 1988-01-20 19:14	54° 28' 1" S 40° 5' 49" W
277324	1988-01-25 21:50 — 1988-01-25 22:14	52° 55' 40" S 38° 35' 31" W
277404	1988-01-27 18:30 — 1988-01-27 18:44	52° 44' 52" S 38° 28' 19" W
277465	1988-01-28 14:30 — 1988-01-28 16:50	52° 45' 10" S 38° 35' 52" W
277490	1988-01-31 20:07 — 1988-01-31 20:30	54° 9' 25" S 34° 51' 25" W
277601	1988-02-01 18:40 — 1988-02-01 18:55	54° 9' 28" S 34° 43' 22" W
277858	1988-02-04 18:46 — 1988-02-04 19:06	53° 47' 52" S 35° 10' 19" W
277902	1988-02-05 07:28 — 1988-02-05 07:44	54° 4' 4" S 35° 10' 12" W
277951	1988-02-17 10:54 — 1988-02-17 11:10	54° 11' 52" S 58° 45' 0" W
277963	1988-02-17 14:15 — 1988-02-17 14:54	54° 38' 5" S 58° 31' 22" W
277975	1988-02-17 17:38 — 1988-02-17 18:53	55° 3' 36" S 58° 18' 43" W
277999	1988-02-18 01:09 — 1988-02-18 03:45	55° 55' 47" S 57° 52' 11" W
278038	1988-02-19 12:24 — 1988-02-19 14:27	57° 40' 1" S 56° 58' 1" W
278155	1988-02-23 19:14 — 1988-02-23 20:00	63° 24' 10" S 61° 6' 17" W
278167	1988-02-23 22:48 — 1988-02-23 23:42	63° 28' 1" S 60° 24' 35" W
278180	1988-02-25 17:11 — 1988-02-25 17:58	64° 17' 24" S 61° 37' 58" W
278223	1988-02-26 13:00 — 1988-02-26 13:35	64° 17' 42" S 61° 49' 37" W
276787	1988-01-06 20:13 — 1988-01-06 21:00	54° 53' 31" S 33° 16' 58" W
276818	1988-01-16 11:30 — 1988-01-16 11:50	54° 12' 10" S 40° 32' 42" W
276923	1988-01-17 14:35 — 1988-01-17 15:08	54° 17' 9" S 40° 43' 30" W
277035	1988-01-18 23:26 — 1988-01-19 00:06	54° 39' 46" S 40° 36' 10" W
277115	1988-01-20 10:34 — 1988-01-20 10:58	54° 37' 26" S 40° 3' 46" W
277139	1988-01-20 13:00 — 1988-01-20 13:20	54° 33' 10" S 40° 15' 18" W
277545	1988-02-01 03:15 — 1988-02-01 03:31	54° 14' 41" S 34° 51' 17" W
277649	1988-02-02 11:58 — 1988-02-02 12:20	54° 2' 5" S 35° 5' 24" W
277650	1988-02-02 14:28 — 1988-02-02 15:08	54° 1' 1" S 35° 8' 24" W
277698	1988-02-03 09:55 — 1988-02-03 10:10	53° 47' 31" S 34° 23' 49" W
277729	1988-02-03 14:08 — 1988-02-03 14:32	53° 51' 57" S 34° 43' 1" W

Discrete samples

9 CTD frame plus rosette sampler

Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column

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