Dataset Information

Dataset Name: Cruise 1993-06
Start: 02/07/1993
Finish: 23/07/1993
Number of stations: 267
Platform: R/V Bilim-2 (Bilim - 89BL - before 2006)
Port of Departure: Istanbul
Port of Return: Tasucu

Cheif scientist: Prof. Muhammed Abdul Latif, IMS METU, Turkey
Investigators:
    Prof. Ozden Basturk, IMS METU, Turkey
    Dr. Vedat Ediger, IMS METU, Turkey
    Dr. Dilek Ediger, IMS METU, Turkey
    Yula Aksu, IMS METU, Turkey
    Dr. Colpan Polat, IMS METU, Turkey
    Hulya Kurtulus, IMS METU, Turkey

Objectives: Scientific investigations of mixing and transport of wastewater discharges in Turkish straits and Sea of Marmara; scientific researches within National Monitoring Program in the Sea of Marmara and Mediterranean Sea, SEKA and Iskenderun Discharge projects
Associated project(s): ISKI, National Marmara, National Mediterranean, SEKA, Iskenderun Bay
Description:

Parameters list: DOW, NO3-N+NO2-N, PO4, POC, PON, Si, Total Chl-a, TPP, FLUO, Light, SD, Density, PAR, Salinity, Temperature, ITS-90

PI	ICES Data Type	Number	Unit
Prof. Muhammed Abdul Latif	CTD stations	266
	Optics (eg underwater light levels)	34
	Other chemical oceanographic measurements	114
	Oxygen	113
	Oxygen	266
	Phosphate	114
	Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, pheophytin, fluorescence)	18
	Replicate Si?	100
	Silicate	100
	Thermosalinograph	266

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

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

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: 28/11/2008