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RV Pelagia PE118

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Pelagia (64PE)
Cruise identifierPE118
Cruise period1998-05-25 — 1998-06-12
StatusCompleted
Port of departureHet Horntje, Netherlands
Port of returnHet Horntje, Netherlands
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesOMEX-98. Biology expedition to NW Spain.

Objectives:
1. To study the distribution and activity of organisms living on the sea floor off NW Spain and of the organic matter and biomarker concentrations in sediments.
2. To seek further evidence of relatively high input and respiratory activity and biomass at the abyssal station.
3. To comparate measurements at two other deep statioons - one away from the continental shelf and one near the channel between Galicia and the Galicia Bank.
4. To make a comparative study on the coral Lophelia living on the Iberian slope and on the Galicia Bank.

Narrative:
At each station a CTD profile of the water column was made and samples of near-bottom water for oxygen and phytopigment analysis were collected. Sediment samples were collected with a box- or multi-corer for the analysis of: macrofauna, meiofauna, phytopigments, C/N and porosity. Megafauna was collected with a video-Agassiz trawl recording the small-scale topography of the sea floor. Trawling was preceded by a small-scale survey with 3.5kHz echosounder. Whole sediment community oxygen consumption (SCOC) was measured in-situ with a modular bottom lander. At one station SCOC was additionally measured on board in 30cm incubated cores.
Chief scientistMarc Lavaleye (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research)
ProjectOMEX-II
Cruise reportRV Pelagia PE118 cruise report pelagia118.pdf (1.66 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralCeltic Sea
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Track chartsRV Pelagia PE118 cruise track — pelagia118trk.pdf (0.03 MB) 
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurementsQuantity: number of profiles = 7
Description: CTD
Chemical oceanography 
OxygenQuantity: number of deployments = 8
Description: benthic lander; oxygen. Depth range: 2268-4945m.
Other chemical oceanographic measurementsQuantity: number of deployments = 1
Description: Aquaflow, depth range: 774-4951m
Biology and fisheries 
Sediment trapsQuantity: number of deployments = 1
Description: PPS3 sediment trap. Depth range: 4908m
Geology and geophysics 
DredgeQuantity: number of deployments = 6
Description: Agassiz trawl and video. Depth range: 770-4945m
Core - soft bottomQuantity: number of cores = 5
Description: box corer; 30cm diameter. depth range: 2267-4915m.
Core - soft bottomQuantity: number of cores = 11
Description: box corer; 50cm diameter, depth range: 772-4945m.
Core - soft bottomQuantity: number of cores = 10
Description: multicorer, depth range: 774-4951m
Bottom photographyQuantity: number of deployments = 6
Description: Agassiz trawl and video. Depth range: 770-4945m
Bottom photographyQuantity: number of deployments = 6
Description: UW video camera on cable. Depth range: 694-1100m.
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
1  Bottle station
Reference numbers
Vertical spatial coordinates
Quality control flags
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Reference numbers
Vertical spatial coordinates
Quality control flags
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
16703271998-06-07 08:50 42° 38' 5" N  10° 2' 50" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1670327
7  CTD/STD cast
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Density of the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Density of the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
8744621998-06-05 08:25 42° 42' 4" N  11° 53' 49" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 874462
8744491998-06-01 08:15 44° 0' 2" N  9° 54' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 874449
8744741998-06-06 08:10 42° 42' 4" N  11° 45' 49" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 874474
8744501998-06-03 08:30 43° 48' 11" N  8° 56' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 874450
8744861998-06-07 08:10 42° 38' 5" N  10° 2' 50" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 874486
8744371998-05-30 09:20 44° 10' 1" N  11° 9' 28" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 874437
8744981998-06-08 08:05 42° 38' 2" N  10° 2' 33" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 874498
Discrete samples 
3  Bottom LanderZoobenthos taxonomic abundance
Zoobenthos taxonomy-related wet weight biomass per unit area of the bed
Other fluxes between the bed and the water column
Zoobenthos generic abundance
Sedimentation flux of pigments in the water column
13  Box coreZoobenthos taxonomic abundance
Zoobenthos taxonomy-related wet weight biomass per unit area of the bed
Zoobenthos generic abundance
7  CTD frame plus rosette samplerTransmittance and attenuance of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Density of the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
9  MulticorerZoobenthos taxonomic abundance
Zoobenthos taxonomy-related wet weight biomass per unit area of the bed
Phaeopigment concentrations in sediment
Zoobenthos generic abundance
Sediment water content, porosity and surface area
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in sediment
Sediment grain size parameters
Nitrogen concentrations in sediment
Carbon concentrations in sediment