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RV Sea Vigil SV5A
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Sea Vigil (74S9) |
Cruise identifier | SV5A |
Cruise period | 1994-02-22 — 1994-02-22 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Hull, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Goole, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | RV Sea Vigil LOIS core measurements survey. |
Chief scientist | Robin M H Howland (Plymouth Marine Laboratory) |
Project | LOIS (RACS) |
Cruise report | (0.72 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
Specific | Humber Estuary and feeder rivers |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: Measurements taken every minute along an axial transect of the Humber/Ouse estuaries. |
Chemical oceanography | |
Oxygen | Description: Measurements taken every minute along an axial transect of the Humber/Ouse estuaries. |
Phosphate | Description: Continous monitoring throughout an axial transect of the Humber/Ouse estuaries. |
Nitrate | Description: Continous monitoring throughout an axial transect of the Humber/Ouse estuaries. |
Nitrite | Description: Continous monitoring throughout an axial transect of the Humber/Ouse estuaries. |
Ammonia | Description: Discrete samples taken at station positions along an axial transect of the Humber/Ouse estuaries. |
Silicate | Description: Continous monitoring throughout an axial transect of the Humber/Ouse estuaries. |
pH | Description: Discrete samples taken at station positions along an axial transect of the Humber/Ouse estuaries. |
Contamination | |
Suspended matter | Description: Measurements taken every minute along an axial transect of the Humber/Ouse estuaries. |
Biology and fisheries | |
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Description: Discrete samples taken at station positions along an axial transect of the Humber/Ouse estuaries. |
Data held at BODC | |
Discrete samples | |
30 Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supply | Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column |