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RV Sea Vigil SV9B

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Sea Vigil (74S9)
Cruise identifierSV9B
Cruise period1994-05-19 — 1994-05-19
StatusCompleted
Port of departureGrimsby, United Kingdom
Port of returnGrimsby, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesRV Sea Vigil LOIS core measurements survey.
Chief scientistDuncan Plummer (Plymouth Marine Laboratory)
ProjectLOIS (RACS)
Cruise reportRV Sea Vigil SV9B cruise report sv9.pdf (1.08 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificHumber Estuary and feeder rivers
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Description: Continuous underway measurements of salinity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, SPM and chlorophyll
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Description: Continuous underway measurements of salinity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, SPM and chlorophyll
Chemical oceanography 
OxygenDescription: Continuous underway measurements of salinity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, SPM and chlorophyll
PhosphateQuantity: number of stations = 29
Description: Nutrient survey and sampling for gravimetry, POC/PON and chlorophyll.
NitrateQuantity: number of stations = 29
Description: Nutrient survey and sampling for gravimetry, POC/PON and chlorophyll.
NitriteQuantity: number of stations = 29
Description: Nutrient survey and sampling for gravimetry, POC/PON and chlorophyll.
SilicateQuantity: number of stations = 29
Description: Nutrient survey and sampling for gravimetry, POC/PON and chlorophyll.
pHDescription: Continuous underway measurements of salinity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, SPM and chlorophyll
Contamination 
Suspended matterQuantity: number of stations = 29
Description: Nutrient survey and sampling for gravimetry, POC/PON and chlorophyll.
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Description: Continuous underway measurements of salinity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, SPM and chlorophyll
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of stations = 29
Description: Nutrient survey and sampling for gravimetry, POC/PON and chlorophyll.
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON)Quantity: number of stations = 29
Description: Nutrient survey and sampling for gravimetry, POC/PON and chlorophyll.
Geology and geophysics 
GrabQuantity: number of samples = 5
Description: Grab sampling.
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
1  Pumped water sample
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
13622931994-05-19 09:09  — 1994-05-19 15:02 53° 37' 54" N  0° 54' 24" W — 53° 44' 16" N  0° 8' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1362293
Discrete samples 
29  Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supplyNitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies