Dataset Information

Dataset Name: Cruise 1992-06
Start: 02/07/1992
Finish: 26/07/1992
Number of stations: 161
Platform: R/V Bilim-2 (Bilim - 89BL - before 2006)
Port of Departure: Istanbul
Port of Return: Samsun

Cheif scientist: Prof. Cemal Saydam, IMS METU, Turkey
Investigators:
    Prof. Temel Oguz, IMS METU, Turkey
    Prof. Ozden Basturk, IMS METU, Turkey
    Dr. Sukru Besiktepe, IMS METU, Turkey
    Dr. Ali Cemal Gucu, IMS METU, Turkey
    Dr. Ulrich Niermann, IMS METU, Turkey
    Guner Ergun, IMS METU, Turkey
    Emin Hatipoglu, IMS METU, Turkey
    Dr. Erhan Mutlu, IMS METU, Turkey
    Sinan Bayraktar, IMS METU, Turkey

Objectives: Scientific researches within CoMSBlack 92, National Monitoring Programme in the Black Sea, and NATO TU-Fisheries project
Associated project(s): CoMSBlack 92, TUBITAK Black Sea National Monitoring, NATO TU-Fisheries
Description:
Acoustic survey, fish eggs and larvae, phytoplankton, zooplankton, identification, biomass determination, description of communities, taxonomy, systematic, classification, spatial and temporal distribution, DO, orto phosphate, nitrate, nitrite, silicate, H2S, atmospheric sampling, in-situ fuoresence profiles, Chl-a, humic materials, fecal coli, temperature, salinity, vertical profiles, ADCP, transparency, secchi disk, light transmission, surface sampling, fluorometer Chl-a, halocarbon (tracer).
Biological Data: Mnemiopsis Leidyi biomass and abundance  Sampling method: Hensen net : vertical haulst, with mouth opening 0.70 m, mesh size 300um. Hauls from 0-100 offshore stations, and from 0-depth 2 m above the bottom inshore (<200 m). Hauling speed: 1.5m/s. Samples were sorted out and freshly enumerated and weighed onboard with hand-balance. Sampling volume was estimated by multiplying the mouth area with the wire length.  Data provider: Dr. Erhan Mutlu.  Quality control: Dr. Erhan Mutlu. Principal investigators: Ulrich Niermann, Erhan Mutlu.

Parameters list: Gelatinous plankton, Zooplankton, DOW, H2S, NO2-N, NO3-N+NO2-N, PO4, POC, PON, Si, TOC, Total Chl-a, TPP, Beam Transmission, Chelsea/SeaTech, FLUO, SD, Density, Salinity, Temperature, ITS-90

PI	ICES Data Type	Number	Unit
Prof. Cemal Saydam	CTD stations	144
	Nitrite	75
	Optics (eg underwater light levels)	46
	Other chemical oceanographic measurements	88
	Other dissolved gases	80
	Oxygen	87
	Oxygen	144
	Phosphate	89
	Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, pheophytin, fluorescence)	28
	Replicate Si?	82
	Silicate	82
	Thermosalinograph	144
	Zooplankton	157

Instruments: Seabird 9/11, Nansen bottles, plankton net, ADCP
Instrument types (L05 code): CTD profilers, discrete water samplers, plankton nets, current profilers, fluorometers, transmissometers

Data availability (SDN code): RS
Storage medium: ASCII files, Excell worksheets, Black Sea Database

Provider: Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University
Address: P.O.Box 28
Post Code: 33731
City: Erdemli, Icel
Country: Turkey
Tel.: +90-3245212150
Fax: +90-3245212327
E-mail: admin@ims.metu.edu.tr
Contact person: Ahmet E. Kideys
Contact e-mail: kideys@ims.metu.edu.tr

Last update: 21/11/2008