RV Sea Vigil SV18C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Sea Vigil (74S9) |
| Cruise identifier | SV18C |
| Cruise period | 1995-03-03 — 1995-03-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | LOIS RACS (C) Core Programme |
| Chief scientist | Duncan Plummer (Plymouth Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | LOIS (RACS) |
| Cruise report |  (0.60 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Humber Estuary and feeder rivers |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of profiles = 1 Description: Measurements of conductivity, temperature and turbidity made on board the vessel. |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 40 Description: profile measurements |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 40 Description: profile measurements |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of profiles = 1 Description: Measurements of conductivity, temperature and turbidity made on board the vessel. |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of stations = 40 Description: profile measurements |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 40 Description: profile measurements |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 40 Description: profile measurements |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 40 Description: profile measurements |
| Nitrite | Quantity: number of stations = 40 Description: profile measurements |
| Ammonia | Quantity: number of stations = 40 Description: profile measurements |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 40 Description: profile measurements |
| pH | Quantity: number of stations = 40 Description: profile measurements |
| Other chemical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 40 Description: discrete samples for C/N and gravimetric analysis |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 40 Description: profile measurements |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 10 Description: along the echo sounder transect |
| Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: number of surveys = 1 Description: transect normal to the Skefling coast |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 40 Description: gravimetric, profile measurements |
