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RV Plymouth Quest PQ080910

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Plymouth Quest (74PQ)
Cruise identifierPQ080910
Cruise period2008-09-10 — 2008-09-10
StatusCompleted
Port of departurePlymouth, United Kingdom
Port of returnPlymouth, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesSampling and measurements at L4 and E1 time series stations.
Chief scientistTim Smyth (Plymouth Marine Laboratory)
ProjectWestern Channel Observatory
Coordinating bodyPlymouth Marine Laboratory
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralEnglish Channel
SpecificWestern English Channel
Data held at BODC 
Discrete samples 
1  CTD frame plus rosette samplerParticulate total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Particulate total and organic carbon concentrations in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
1  Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supplyCarotenoid and flavenoid pigment concentrations in water bodies
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
1  Surface water sample collected by a bucket on a ropeTemperature of the water column
2  WP-2 zooplankton net