Dataset Information

Dataset Name: Anchovy survey July 2015
Start: 12/07/2015
Finish: 31/07/2015
Number of stations: 120
Platform: R/V Bilim-2 (Bilim - 89BL - before 2006)
Port of Departure: Istanbul
Port of Return: Trabzon

Cheif scientist: Dr. Ali Cemal Gucu, IMS METU, Turkey
Investigators:
    Serdar Sakinan, IMS METU, Turkey
    MSc student Nazim Kurmus, IMS METU, Turkey
    MSc student Gizem Akkus, IMS METU, Turkey

Objectives: Sampling of fish (anchovy), zooplankton, ichthyoplankton in conjunction with CTD and acoustic measurements in Black Sea in framework of TUBITAK - KAMAG 110G124 project.
Associated project(s): 110G124 TUBITAK – 1007 KAMAG
Description: National Fisheries Data Collection Programme. Acoustic Method for the Determination of the Black Sea anchovy stocks and Continuous Monitoring - Model Creation

Parameters list: Fauna abundance, Fish abundance, Fish biomass, Ichtyoplankton, Total Chl-a, Fluorescence, WET Labs ECO-AFL/FL, Turbidity, WET Labs ECO, Acoustic backscatter, Oxygen Saturation, SBE 43, Oxygen, SBE 43, PAR, pH / CTD, redox, Salinity, Temperature, ITS-90

Instrument types (L05 code): CTD profilers, pelagic trawl nets, Fish-finder echosounders, plankton nets, Hydrophones, discrete water 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: 10/09/2015