RV Sarsia 8/71

Cruise plan

Cruise Info.
Ship name (ship code)	RV Sarsia (74SR)
Cruise identifier	8/71
Cruise period	1971-12-07 — 1971-12-09
Status	Completed
Objectives	Western Channel Grid
Chief scientist	Gerald T Boalch (Marine Biological Association of the UK)
Ocean/sea areas
General	English Channel Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
Measurements
Physical oceanography
Water bottle stations	Quantity: number of stations = 20 Description: 3 T bottom
CTD stations	Quantity: number of stations = 20
Transparency (eg transmissometer)	Quantity: 3
Chemical oceanography
Phosphate	Quantity: 16
Total - P	Quantity: 16
Nitrate	Quantity: 16
Nitrite	Quantity: 16
Silicate	Quantity: 16
Biology and fisheries
Primary productivity	Quantity: 3
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)	Quantity: 3
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON)	Quantity: 3
Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC)	Quantity: 16 Description: organic nitrogen & phosphorus only
Phytoplankton	Quantity: 10
Zooplankton	Quantity: 1 Description: 2m young fish trawl
Eggs and larvae	Quantity: 1 Description: 2m young fish trawl
Meteorology
Other meteorological measurements	Description: sea and swell