Dataset Information

Dataset Name: Mersin bay - Rhodes, Sep 2012
Start: 20/09/2012
Finish: 25/09/2012
Number of stations: 72
Platform: R/V Bilim-2 (Bilim - 89BL - before 2006)
Port of Departure: Tasucu
Port of Return: Tasucu

Cheif scientist: Prof. Zahit Uysal, IMS METU, Turkey
Investigators:
    Veli Caglar Yumruktepe, IMS METU, Turkey
    Nusret Sevinc

Objectives: Investigation of dynamics of bacterial and primary production potential in the Eastern Mediterranean in framework of the TUBITAK project No 111Y023
Associated project(s):
Description: Acquiring physical, chemical and biological parameters of sea water in upwelling zones and continental shelf waters of the open sea..

Parameters list: Microbiology, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, BOD5, DOW, NH4, NO2-N, NO3-N+NO2-N, PO4, Si, Total Chl-a, TP, TSS, SD, Density, Salinity, Temperature, ITS-90

Instrument types (L05 code): CTD profilers, discrete water samplers, plankton nets, transmissometers, Aerosol samplers

Data availability (SDN code): RS

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: 20/11/2012