Dataset Information

Dataset Name: MAREX
Start: 14/06/2013
Finish: 23/06/2013
Number of stations: 119
Platform: R/V Bilim-2 (Bilim - 89BL - before 2006)
Port of Departure: Tasucu
Port of Return: Istanbul

Cheif scientist: Prof. Suleyman Tugrul, IMS METU, Turkey
Investigators:
    Ersin Tutsak, IMS METU, Turkey
    Ozgur Gurses, IMS METU, Turkey

Objectives: Monitoring of mass and biochemical fluxes in the Sea of Marmara in framework of the EC FP7 PERSEUS project (Marmara Sea Experiment)
Associated project(s): PERSEUS
Description: Acquiring physical, chemical and biological parameters of sea water

Parameters list: DOW, NH4, NO2-N, NO3-N+NO2-N, pH, PO4, Si, Total Chl-a, TP, flC Chelsea Aqua 3 Chl Con, Density, Oxygen, SBE 43, Salinity, Sea currents (ADCP), Temperature, ITS-90

Instrument types (L05 code): CTD profilers, discrete water samplers, current profilers, fluorometers

Data availability (SDN code): MO (Moratorium)

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: 20/08/2013