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Prince Madog PM07/98

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Prince Madog (74PD)
Cruise identifierPM07/98
Cruise period1998-07-14 — 1998-07-17
StatusCompleted
Port of departureMenai Bridge, United Kingdom
Port of returnMenai Bridge, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesThis cruise was run as part of a NERC funded project entitled 'Holocene palaeoceanography of shelf seas: long-term (10***3 - 10***4 years) seasonal stratification dynamics'. The aim of this project is to generate a record of environmental change relating to development of seasonally stratified water in the Celtic Sea during the Holocene.
The aim of the cruise was to collect multicores from a range of sites for a preliminary assessment of their suitability for a 3 year study of changes in the seasonal vertical distribution of benthic foraminifera to be determined on the basis of faunal composition and environmental conditions at each site. An additional aim was to collect plankton samples from the surface waters at these sites for dinoflagellate analysis and throughout the water column for planktonic foraminiferal analysis.
Chief scientistWilliam E N Austin (University of Durham Department of Geography)
Cruise reportPrince Madog PM07/98 cruise report pd07_98.pdf (0.27 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralCeltic Sea
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
CTD stationsQuantity: number of profiles = 9
Description: CTD (Neil Brown system) used for S, T, pressure and oxygen concentration. Water samples taken 10m from bed for calibration of the CTD and oxygen isotope measurement. Large plankton net attached to underside of CTD and therefore sampled entire water column for foraminiferal analysis.
Chemical oceanography 
OxygenQuantity: number of profiles = 9
Description: CTD (Neil Brown system) used for S, T, pressure and oxygen concentration. Water samples taken 10m from bed for calibration of the CTD and oxygen isotope measurement. Large plankton net attached to underside of CTD and therefore sampled entire water column for foraminiferal analysis.
IsotopesQuantity: number of profiles = 9
Description: CTD (Neil Brown system) used for S, T, pressure and oxygen concentration. Water samples taken 10m from bed for calibration of the CTD and oxygen isotope measurement. Large plankton net attached to underside of CTD and therefore sampled entire water column for foraminiferal analysis.
Biology and fisheries 
ZooplanktonQuantity: number of profiles = 9
Description: CTD (Neil Brown system) used for S, T, pressure and oxygen concentration. Water samples taken 10m from bed for calibration of the CTD and oxygen isotope measurement. Large plankton net attached to underside of CTD and therefore sampled entire water column for foraminiferal analysis.
Geology and geophysics 
GrabQuantity: number of stations = 9
Description: Shipek grab to assess bottom sediments prior to deployment of multicorer
Core - soft bottomDescription: Multicorer deployment