Dataset Information

Dataset Name: Cruise 1997-02
Start: 01/07/1997
Finish: 19/07/1997
Number of stations: 127
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     Mesh size: 300 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, Zooplankton, DOW, H2S, NO2-N, NO3-N+NO2-N, pH, PO4, Si, Total Chl-a, SD, Density, Salinity, Temperature, ITS-90

PI	ICES Data Type	Number	Unit
Prof. Ozden Basturk	CTD stations	127
	Nitrite	14
	Optics (eg underwater light levels)	28
	Other chemical oceanographic measurements	79
	Other dissolved gases	15
	Oxygen	37
	Oxygen	127
	pH	13
	Phosphate	79
	Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, pheophytin, fluorescence)	22
	Replicate Si?	79
	Silicate	79
	Thermosalinograph	127

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

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