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RV Plymouth Quest PQ090824

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Plymouth Quest (74PQ)
Cruise identifierPQ090824
Cruise period2009-08-24 — 2009-08-24
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 sampler
1  Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supply
1  Surface water sample collected by a bucket on a ropeTemperature of the water column
1  WP-2 zooplankton net
5  Water bottle hydrocastPhytoplankton 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