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Small pelagic organisms (Sicily to Malta) - Juvenile2005

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General  
Data holding centreOceanography Malta Research Group, Department of Geosciences, University of Malta
CountryMalta  Malta
Time period26/07/2005 to 9/08/2005
OngoingNo
Geographical area

Maltese Waters, western Ionian and southern Tyrrhenian seas. N30E010.

Observations 
Parameters

Bacteria environmental parameters; Zooplankton and zoobenthos development stage parameters

Instruments

CTD

Description 
Summary

Measurement of oceanographic parameters by the Nu-Shuttle (Chelsea Instruments). The device is equipped with a Minipack CDT-F comprising temperature, conductivity, pressure and fluorescence sensors. The measured parameters were: pressure, temperature, salinity, fluorescence, dissolved oxygen. Collection of sea current profiles by means of an ADCP. For the whole period of the survey sea current profiles were collected by the Ocean Surveyor Broadband Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) produced by RD Instruments. Three hull-mounted electro-acoustic transducers (38, 75 and 150 kHz) allow estimation of water current parameters on a 3D field. Planktonic sampling by means of CalVET and Bongo40 nets. The Bongo40 net is composed by two joint landing-nets, with 40 cm diameter mouths, held by a two-ring steel structure and with a depressor for the stability during the net hauling. The nets were lowered from the starboard side using a winch with double drum and a 6000 m length steel cable of 8mm diameter. The Bongo40 net hauls describe an oblique trajectory from the surface to 100m depth, at a constant speed of 2 knots with a cable inclination of 45 degrees. The CalVET net haul describes a vertical trajectory, and it is used to sample anchovy eggs in the water column, from 100m depth to surface, in coastal areas.

OriginatorsOceanography Malta Research Group, Department of Geosciences, University of Malta
Data web sitehttp://www.cnr.it/istituti/DatiGenerali_eng.html?cds=002
Availability 
OrganisationOceanography Malta Research Group, Department of Geosciences, University of Malta
AvailabilityUnknown
ContactDr. Aldo Drago (Director of Research)
Address

Oceanography Malta Research Group, Department of Geosciences, University of Malta
Maths & Physics Building, University of Malta
Msida

MSD 2080
Malta

Telephone+356 -21 - 232493
Facsimile+356 - 2144 0972
Emailaldo.drago@um.edu.mt
Administration 
Collating centreOceanography Malta Research Group, Department of Geosciences, University of Malta
Local identifier45001011
Global identifier498
Last revised2009-03-17