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RV Sea Vigil SV12B

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Sea Vigil (74S9)
Cruise identifierSV12B
Cruise period1994-08-10 — 1994-08-10
StatusCompleted
Port of departureHull, United Kingdom
Port of returnHull, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesRV Sea Vigil LOIS core measurements survey.
Chief scientistDuncan Plummer (Plymouth Marine Laboratory)
ProjectLOIS (RACS)
Cruise reportRV Sea Vigil SV12B cruise report sv12.pdf (1.02 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificHumber Estuary and feeder rivers
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Description: Conductivity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity and fluorescence recorded using the NRAs system.
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Quantity: number of stations = 32
Description: Samples collected for gravimetrics, C/N, salinity and chlorophyll analysis.
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Description: Conductivity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity and fluorescence recorded using the NRAs system.
Chemical oceanography 
OxygenDescription: Conductivity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity and fluorescence recorded using the NRAs system.
PhosphateQuantity: number of stations = 32
Description: Nutrient survey
NitrateQuantity: number of stations = 32
Description: Nutrient survey
NitriteQuantity: number of stations = 32
Description: Nutrient survey
SilicateQuantity: number of stations = 32
Description: Nutrient survey
pHDescription: Conductivity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity and fluorescence recorded using the NRAs system.
Contamination 
Suspended matterQuantity: number of stations = 32
Description: Samples collected for gravimetrics, C/N, salinity and chlorophyll analysis.
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of stations = 32
Description: Samples collected for gravimetrics, C/N, salinity and chlorophyll analysis.
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Description: Conductivity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity and fluorescence recorded using the NRAs system.
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON)Quantity: number of stations = 32
Description: Samples collected for gravimetrics, C/N, salinity and chlorophyll analysis.
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
2  Pumped water sample
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Date and time
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Date and time
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
16335441994-08-10 06:29  — 1994-08-10 10:08 53° 41' 12" N  0° 58' 15" W — 53° 44' 57" N  0° 21' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1633544
13602501994-08-10 06:29  — 1994-08-10 12:52 53° 41' 12" N  0° 58' 15" W — 53° 44' 57" N  0° 21' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1360250
Discrete samples 
32  Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supplyNitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in 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
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies