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RV Plymouth Quest PQ090824
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Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Plymouth Quest (74PQ) |
Cruise identifier | PQ090824 |
Cruise period | 2009-08-24 — 2009-08-24 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | Sampling and measurements at L4 and E1 time series stations. |
Chief scientist | Tim Smyth (Plymouth Marine Laboratory) |
Project | Western Channel Observatory |
Coordinating body | Plymouth Marine Laboratory |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel |
Specific | Western English Channel |
Data held at BODC | |
Discrete samples | |
1 CTD frame plus rosette sampler | |
1 Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supply | |
1 Surface water sample collected by a bucket on a rope | Temperature of the water column |
1 WP-2 zooplankton net | |
5 Water bottle hydrocast | Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies Bacteria generic abundance in water bodies Phytoplankton generic abundance in water bodies Plankton abundance per unit volume of the water column |