Dataset Information

Dataset Name: Cruise 1996-04
Start: 20/06/1996
Finish: 24/07/1996
Number of stations: 153
Platform: R/V Bilim-2 (Bilim - 89BL - before 2006)
Port of Departure: Information not available
Port of Return: Information not available

Cheif scientist: Prof. Ozden Basturk, IMS METU, Turkey
Investigators:

Objectives: Scientific researches
Associated project(s):
Description:
Biological Data: Mnemiopsis leidyi  biomass and abundance     Were other gelatinous measured or not: Yes (Aurelia aurita, Pleurobrachia pileus)     Area of sampling: Southern Black Sea     Net type: Hensen net, Nansen net     Mesh size: 300 µm, 112 µm     Net mouth opening:  0.7 m     Sampling, analysis and processing methods: Hauling speed: 1.5m/s. Samples were sorted out and freshly counted and weighed onboard with hand-balance.  Sampling volume was estimated by multiplying the mouth area with the wire length.     Data originator:  Dr. Ahmet E.Kideys     Data provider:  Dr. Ahmet E.Kideys     Quality control:  Dr. Ahmet E.Kideys.

Parameters list: Gelatinous plankton, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, DOW, H2S, NO2-N, NO3-N+NO2-N, PO4, Si, Total Chl-a, SD, Density, Salinity, Temperature, ITS-90

PI	ICES Data Type	Number	Unit
Prof. Ozden Basturk	CTD stations	151
	Nitrite	29
	Optics (eg underwater light levels)	2
	Other chemical oceanographic measurements	96
	Other dissolved gases	38
	Oxygen	64
	Oxygen	151
	Phosphate	96
	Phytoplankton	116
	Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, pheophytin, fluorescence)	32
	Replicate Si?	94
	Silicate	94
	Thermosalinograph	151
	Zooplankton	16

Instruments: Seabird 9/11, Nansen bottles, plankton net
Instrument types (L05 code): CTD profilers, discrete water samplers, plankton nets, 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: 24/11/2008