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RV Sea Vigil SV5A

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Sea Vigil (74S9)
Cruise identifierSV5A
Cruise period1994-02-22 — 1994-02-22
StatusCompleted
Port of departureHull, United Kingdom
Port of returnGoole, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesRV Sea Vigil LOIS core measurements survey.
Chief scientistRobin M H Howland (Plymouth Marine Laboratory)
ProjectLOIS (RACS)
Cruise reportRV Sea Vigil SV5A cruise report sv5.pdf (0.72 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificHumber 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 
OxygenDescription: Measurements taken every minute along an axial transect of the Humber/Ouse estuaries.
PhosphateDescription: Continous monitoring throughout an axial transect of the Humber/Ouse estuaries.
NitrateDescription: Continous monitoring throughout an axial transect of the Humber/Ouse estuaries.
NitriteDescription: Continous monitoring throughout an axial transect of the Humber/Ouse estuaries.
AmmoniaDescription: Discrete samples taken at station positions along an axial transect of the Humber/Ouse estuaries.
SilicateDescription: Continous monitoring throughout an axial transect of the Humber/Ouse estuaries.
pHDescription: Discrete samples taken at station positions along an axial transect of the Humber/Ouse estuaries.
Contamination 
Suspended matterDescription: 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 supplyConcentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column