RV Water Guardian WG11A
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||||||
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Water Guardian (74WN) | ||||||||
| Cruise identifier | WG11A | ||||||||
| Cruise period | 1994-07-26 — 1994-07-26 | ||||||||
| Status | Completed | ||||||||
| Port of departure | Hull, United Kingdom | ||||||||
| Port of return | Hull, United Kingdom | ||||||||
| Purpose | Research | ||||||||
| Objectives | RV Water Guardian CASI sea truth cruise. | ||||||||
| Chief scientist | Tony Bale (Plymouth Marine Laboratory) | ||||||||
| Project | LOIS (RACS) | ||||||||
| Cruise report |  (0.88 MB) | ||||||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||
| General | North Sea | ||||||||
| Specific | Humber Estuary and feeder rivers. | ||||||||
| Measurements | |||||||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||||||
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: Measurements of conductivity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and suspended particle load recorded throughout the day using the NRAs system. | ||||||||
| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: Vertical profiles for optical properties. | ||||||||
| Chemical oceanography | |||||||||
| Oxygen | Description: Measurements of conductivity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and suspended particle load recorded throughout the day using the NRAs system. | ||||||||
| pH | Description: Measurements of conductivity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and suspended particle load recorded throughout the day using the NRAs system. | ||||||||
| Contamination | |||||||||
| Suspended matter | Description: Measurements of conductivity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and suspended particle load recorded throughout the day using the NRAs system. | ||||||||
| Suspended matter | Description: Samples collected at selected number of stations for gravimetric, C/N, chlorophyll, phytoplankton identification and particle size analysis. | ||||||||
| Biology and fisheries | |||||||||
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: Samples collected at selected number of stations for gravimetric, C/N, chlorophyll, phytoplankton identification and particle size analysis. | ||||||||
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Description: Samples collected at selected number of stations for gravimetric, C/N, chlorophyll, phytoplankton identification and particle size analysis. | ||||||||
| Phytoplankton | Description: Samples collected at selected number of stations for gravimetric, C/N, chlorophyll, phytoplankton identification and particle size analysis. | ||||||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||||||
| 1 Pumped water sample | Horizontal spatial co-ordinates Date and time Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies Horizontal spatial co-ordinates Date and time Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
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| Discrete samples | |||||||||
| 10 Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supply | Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies |
