Dataset Information

Dataset Name: Cruise 1988-04
Start: 16/03/1988
Finish: 29/03/1988
Number of stations: 39
Platform: R/V Bilim-2 (Bilim - 89BL - before 2006)
Port of Departure: Istanbul
Port of Return: Aliaga

Cheif scientist: Prof. Muhammed Abdul Latif, IMS METU, Turkey
Investigators:
    Prof. Ozden Basturk, IMS METU, Turkey
    Dr. Halil Ibrahim Sur, IMS METU, Turkey
    Prof. Semal Yemenicioglu, IMS METU, Turkey
    Dr. Colpan Polat, IMS METU, Turkey
    Murat Buyukay, IMS METU, Turkey
    Prof. Ahmet Erkan Kideys, IMS METU, Turkey
    Emin Hatipoglu, IMS METU, Turkey

Objectives: Scientific investigations of mixing and transport of wastewater discharges in Turkish straits and Sea of Marmara; scientific researches within NATO Izmit project and National Monitoring Programme in the Sea of Marmara
Associated project(s): ISKI Halic, ISKI Marmara, NATO IZMIT, National Marmara
Description:

Parameters list: BOD5, COD, DOW, FC, Hg/SW, HM, NO2-N, NO3-N+NO2-N, PO4, Si, TOC, Total Chl-a, TPH, TSS, Density, Salinity, Temperature, ITS-90

PI	ICES Data Type	Number	Unit
Prof. Muhammed Abdul Latif	CTD stations	39
	Nitrite	4
	Other chemical oceanographic measurements	4
	Other contaminant measurements	1
	Oxygen	4
	Oxygen	39
	Petroleum residues	2
	Phosphate	4
	Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, pheophytin, fluorescence)	1
	Replicate Si?	4
	Silicate	4
	Suspended matter	3
	Thermosalinograph	39
	Trace elements	1

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

Data availability (SDN code): RS
Storage medium: ASCII files, Excell worksheets

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: 21/11/2008