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RV Sea Vigil SV14B

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Sea Vigil (74S9)
Cruise identifierSV14B
Cruise period1994-10-19 — 1994-10-19
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 SV14B cruise report sv14.pdf (1.47 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificHumber Estuary and feeder rivers
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Quantity: number of stations = 38
Description: Survey to measure nutrients, conductivity, temperature, turbidity, pH and dissolved oxygen.
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Quantity: number of stations = 38
Description: Survey to measure nutrients, conductivity, temperature, turbidity, pH and dissolved oxygen.
Chemical oceanography 
OxygenQuantity: number of stations = 38
Description: Survey to measure nutrients, conductivity, temperature, turbidity, pH and dissolved oxygen.
PhosphateQuantity: number of stations = 38
Description: Survey to measure nutrients, conductivity, temperature, turbidity, pH and dissolved oxygen.
NitrateQuantity: number of stations = 38
Description: Survey to measure nutrients, conductivity, temperature, turbidity, pH and dissolved oxygen.
NitriteQuantity: number of stations = 38
Description: Survey to measure nutrients, conductivity, temperature, turbidity, pH and dissolved oxygen.
SilicateQuantity: number of stations = 38
Description: Survey to measure nutrients, conductivity, temperature, turbidity, pH and dissolved oxygen.
pHQuantity: number of stations = 38
Description: Survey to measure nutrients, conductivity, temperature, turbidity, pH and dissolved oxygen.
Contamination 
Suspended matterQuantity: number of stations = 3
Description: Discrete samples collected for gravimetric, C/N and chlorophyll analysis.
Suspended matterQuantity: number of stations = 7
Description: Water samples collected for particle characterisation and trace metal determination.
Trace metalsQuantity: number of stations = 7
Description: Water samples collected for particle characterisation and trace metal determination.
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of stations = 3
Description: Discrete samples collected for gravimetric, C/N and chlorophyll analysis.
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON)Quantity: number of stations = 3
Description: Discrete samples collected for gravimetric, C/N and chlorophyll analysis.
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
2  Pumped water sample
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
16335811994-10-19 03:31  — 1994-10-19 07:14 53° 41' 18" N  1° 3' 1" W — 53° 46' 53" N  0° 21' 36" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1633581
13602861994-10-19 03:31  — 1994-10-19 11:05 53° 41' 18" N  1° 3' 1" W — 53° 46' 53" N  0° 21' 36" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1360286
Discrete samples 
38  Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supplyNitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies