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Cruises - Seward Johnson II

May 7-14, 2003

 

Participants Institutions

Cindy Lee
Kirk Cochran
David Hirschberg
Gillian Stewart
Robert Armstrong
Zhanfei Liu
Lynn Kowalchuk Abramson

Marine Sciences Research Center
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000
USA
Meaghan Askea Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
10 Ocean Science Circle
Savannah, GA 31411
USA
Michael Peterson School of Oceanography
Box 357940
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-7940
USA
Juan-Carlos Miquel
Beat Gasser
Marine Environment Laboratories
International Atomic Energy Agency
4 Quai Antoine 1 er
MC 98000 Monaco
Alessia Rodriguez DIPTERIS
Universita di Genova
Corso Europa 26
I 16132 Genova
Italy
Madeleine Goutx
Catherine Guigue
Romain Pete
Monique Ras
Centre d'Oceanologie de Marseille
Laboratoire de Microbiologie Marine, UMR 6117
Campus de Luminy, Case 907
13 288 Marseille Cedex 9
France
Brivaela Moriceau Institut Universitaire Europeen de la mer
Situ du Technopole Brest-Iroise, UMR 6539
Place Nicolas Copernic
29280 Plouzane
France
Pere Masque Barri Institut de Ciencia i Tecnologia Ambientals
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
08193 Bellaterra
Spain
Thomas Viergutz
Lars Sebastian
Technical University Hamburg-Harburg
Ocean engineering 1
laemmersieth 72
D-22305 Hamburg
Germany

 

 

May SJII Cruise Plan
       
Time
07-May-03
08-May-03
09-May-03
 
01:00      
02:00    CTD4-Enzyme cast  CTD6-Enzyme cast
03:00    8-10 depths to 2000m  8-10 depths to 2000m
04:00      
05:00    Recover Nettrap1; redeploy NT2  
06:00      
07:00    Hunted for deep mooring  
08:00 Left Monaco    
09:00 Ship Briefing    
10:00      CTD7-Enzyme cast - 200m
11:00    CTD5-Enzyme cast - 200m Mooring operation
12:00  Arrive DYFAMED site    
13:00  Deploy NetTrap1 - 200m Deploy Gust drifter - 200m  
14:00     Recovered 200m trap/CM
15:00 CTD1 - for Pb/Po    
16:00  Pump Cast 1 - Shallow Located Mooring  
17:00   Science Meeting  
18:00   Triangulated on Mooring  
19:00      
20:00      
21:00  Pump Cast 2 - Shallow Pump Cast 2 (200m-Bottom)  
22:00      Zooplankton Tow 1
23:00      
00:00  CTD3 - for Pb/Po    
May SJII Cruise Plan
       
Time
10-May-03
11-May-03
12-May-03
 
01:00      CTD16 - Miami
02:00  CTD8 - Enzyme cast  CTD11 - Enzyme cast  CTD17 - Enzyme cast
03:00  8-10 depths to 2000m  8-10 depths to 2000m  8-10 depths to 2000m
04:00  Meter wheel problem    
05:00  No multicore    
06:00      
07:00  Picked up Gust drifter  CTD12 - Monique - 200m Picked up 4 mooring floats
08:00      Return to Monaco
09:00      to pick up line/releases
10:00 CTD9 - Enzyme cast - 1000m CTD11 - Enzyme cast - 200m  
11:00  Drag  Triangulate  
12:00      
13:00   CTD14 - Monique - 200m Science Meeting
14:00   Drag  
15:00      
16:00  Multicore failed    
17:00  Science Meeting    
18:00  Barbeque    
19:00  Recover NT2/Redeploy NT3    
20:00      
21:00      
22:00  CTD10 - 200m Zhanfei Short CTD-15 & Pump Cast  CTD18 - rosette for Pb/Po
23:00      Pump cast 6 to 300m
00:00  Pump Cast 4 - 200m    
May SJII Cruise Plan
       
Time
13-May-03
14-May-03
 
01:00 CTD19 - rosette for Pb/Po   Recover NetTrap 3  
02:00  Zooplankton Tow 2    
03:00  CTD20 - rosette for Pb/Po    
04:00      
05:00    Departed for Nice  
06:00      
07:00      
08:00 CTD21 for 200m water    
09:00 Surprise!    
10:00 Recovered 800m Trap/CM    
11:00  CTD22 - Enzyme cast    
12:00  Tested release at 2000m    
13:00  Respool line for mooring    
14:00 Redeploy mooring    
15:00      
16:00      
17:00      
18:00      
19:00      
20:00      
21:00      
22:00      
23:00      
00:00      

 

Sample Log

CTD Log
1445-050703CTD-1
0303001
2, 20, 50, 75, 100, 150 m Pere/Juan Carlos Po/Pb/Ra/TOC/TON/POC/PON/Mass 43°26.65’N
7°54.94’E
1902-050703CTD-2
0303002
1500, 1800, 2000, 2439 m(Bottom + 5) Pere/Juan Carlos   43°25.76’N
7°56.59’E
0017-050803CTD-3
0303003
200, 400, 800, 1200 m Pere/Juan Carlos   43°25.03’N
7°56.39’E
0204-050803CTD-4
0303004
3, 45, 200, 500, 1000, 1400, 1800, 2000 m Madeleine enzyme activity, BSi, FISH, PCR, nutrients, ELF 43°25.62’N
7°55.49’E
1108-050803CTD-5
0303005/0303006
3, 55, 200 m Madeleine enzyme activity 43°26.13’N
7°52.75’E
0209-050903CTD-6
0303007
3, 10, CM, 200, 500, 1000, 1400, 2000 m Madeleine enzyme activity, BSi, PcA 43°25.29’N
7°54.68’E
1002-050903CTD-7
0303008
3, CM, 200 m Madeleine enzyme activity 43°24.66’N
7°54.07’E
0215-051003CTD-8
0303009/0303010
3, 25, CM, 68, 100, 200, 500, 750, 1000, 1400, 2000 m Madeleine enzyme activity, BSi, FISH, PCR, nutrients, ELF, Bact biomass 43°25.24’N
7°52.31’E
1013-051003CTD-9
0303011
3, 25, CM, BP, 100, 200, 500, 750, 1000 m Madeleine enzyme activity, bact biomass, nutrients, ELF 43°25.3’N 7°51.1’E
2238-051003CTD-10
0303012
2, 20, 45, 75, 100, 150, 200m Zhanfei Particle experiment; viruses (Gordon) 43°25.30’N
7°53.52’E
0158-051103CTD-11
0303013
3, 25, CM, BP, 100, 200, 500, 750, 1000 m Madeleine enzyme activity 43°25.91’N
7°52.39’E
0700-051103CTD-12
0303014
3, 25, CM, BP, 100, 200 m Madeleine enzyme activity 43°24.41’N
7°51.08’E
1010-051103CTD-13
0303015
3, 25, CM, 62, 100, 200, 500, 750, 1000 m Madeleine enzyme activity 43°24.30’N
7°52.40’E
1302-051103CTD-14
0303016
3, 25, CM, BP, 100, 200 m Madeleine enzyme activity 43°25.84’N
7°53.30’E
2152-051103CTD-15
0303017
No water Pere Profile only 43°25.64’N
7°58.16’E
0107-051203CTD-16   Miami O2 calibration 43°24.87’N
7°53.32’E
0216-051203CTD-17
0303018
3, 25, CM, BP, 100, 200, 500, 750, 1000 m Madeleine enzyme activity, Bact biomass, nutrients, BSi, TOC, DOM, LIP 43°24.53’N
7°53.71’E
2014-051203CTD-18
0303019
2, 20, 50, 60m Pere/Juan Carlos   43°26.72’N
7°49.71’E
0138-051303CTD-19
0303020
75, 100, 150, 200m Pere/Juan Carlos   43°26.36’N
7°50.38’E
0413-051303CTD-20
0303021
10, 30, 125, 175m Pere/Juan Carlos   43°26.58’N
7°50.53’E
0810-051303CTD-21
0303022
200m   elutriation and splitting water 43°24.44’N 7°49.89’E
1034-051303CTD-22
0303023
3, 25, CM, 75, 100, 200, 500, 750, 1000 m Madeleine TOC, DOM Pinger test 43°25.63’N 7°51.99’E
NetTrap Log
1420-050703NT-1 200 m; no cover 43°25.77'N 7°56'E 43°25.17'N7°55.26'E
0710-050803NT-2 200 m; no cover 43°25.72'N 7°53.90'E 43°24.60'N7°49.01E
2217-051003NT-3 200 m; cover 43°24.90'N7°51.9’E  
Elutriator Log
050803NT-1E1 For Incubation  
050803NT-1E1 Kirk, Gillian, Stuart Sample sat for 5 hours before elutriation, and then overnight while settling
051003NT-2E1 For Incubation  
051003NT-2E2 Kirk/ Juan Carlos, Gillian, Gordon Huge sample, may have overloaded Stage 1
051303NT-3E1
Covered
Stuart/Cindy Smaller sample; elutriated entire sample
In-Situ Pump Log
  Depths MEL/SUNY Volume Filtered Position
1558-050703ISP1 20, 60, 100, 200m M, M, S, S 841, 828, 118, 350 L 43°26.14’N
7°55.52’E
2125-050703ISP2 2, 40, 80, 150 m M, M, S, S 428, 492, 843, 455 L 43°25.31’N
7°54.88’E
2200-050803ISP3 2, 100, 300, 700, 1100, 1400 m M, M, M, S, S, S 523, 787, 589, 600, 1366, 522 L 43°24.4’N
7°54.2’E
0000-051103ISP4 2, 20, 45, 75, 100, 150, 200 m M, M, M, M, S, S, S 570, 592, 481, 1001, 343, 357, 429 L 43°25.30’N
7°53.09’E
2238-051103ISP5
Comparison
64, 66, 199, 201 M, S, M, S 738, 413, 795, 383 L 43°25.53’N
7°51.93’E
2045-051203ISP6 2, 20, 50, 60, 75, 100, 150, 200 M, M, M, M, S, S, S, S 602, 789, 666, 821, 97.5, 598, 581, 387 L 43°26.60’N
7°49.90’E

Notes:
Pump cast 4 coincided with Zhanfei’s CTD-10 and used only GF/F filters.
Samples to Kirk, Juan Carlos, Cindy, Stuart, and Cast 6 only to Christian.
MEL used 293-mm GF/F and SUNY used 142-mm Microquartz filters except where noted.

 

Sediment Trap Array

Release attempt 0857-050803 43°25.92’N 7°52.50’E
Dragged, Traps came up as below; 4 floats recovered 0745-051203

Bottom-tethered mooring (5 arrays)

200m (Recovered 1330-050903 43°25.64’N 7°51.47’E)
(Redeployed 051303 for July pick-up)
2 IRSC sinking velocity collectors
1 IRSC time-series trap

300m (Deployed for July pick-up)
Gust collaboration array
(3 IRS traps with different diameters)

400m (Lost)
1 IRS integrator
2 IRSC time-series trap

800m (Recovered 0940-051303 43°25.63’N 7°51.99’E)
(Redeployed for July pick-up)
1 IRS integrator
2 IRSC time-series trap (1 IRS did not rotate)

1800m (Lost)
1 IRS integrator
2 IRSC time-series trap

Gust Drifting Trap

1345-050803 Deployed 43°21.895’N 7°56.211’E
0758-050803 Recovered ~43°25.3’N 7°51.1’E

no material collected

Zooplankton Tows
2125-050903ZT1 (43°21.90’N 7°53.30’E) Lots of salps
0000-051003ZT2 (43°20.01’N 7°53.09’E)
0116-051003ZT3 (43°25.28’N 7°52.94’E)
0138-051003ZT4 (43°25.19’N 7°53.02’E)
0236-051303ZT5 (43°26.71’N 7°50.54’E)
0304-051303ZT6 (43°21.68’N 7°50.25’E)
0345-051303ZT7 (43°26.78’N 7°50.12’E)
Multicore

1651-051003 (43°25.49’N 7°53.14’E)

(Failed attempt - no pinger, no echo sounder, no meter wheel, no speed control on winch, no clearance on A frame)

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