Dataset Information

Dataset Name: Cruise 2006-07
Start: 02/10/2006
Finish: 26/10/2006
Number of stations: 139
Platform: R/V Bilim-2 (Bilim - 89BL - before 2006)
Port of Departure: Tirtar
Port of Return: Istanbul

Cheif scientist: Dr. Erhan Mutlu, IMS METU, Turkey
Investigators:
    Dr. Sengul Besiktepe, IMS METU, Turkey
    Dr. Murat Gunduz, IMS METU, Turkey
    Sakir Cagan Tunc, IMS METU, Turkey
    Funda Ustun, OMU, Turkey

Objectives: Scientific researches in framework of TUBITAK project 104Y289
Associated project(s): TUBITAK 104Y289
Description: Black Sea Ecosystem Research

Parameters list: Gelatinous plankton, Zooplankton, DOW, H2S, NH4, NO3-N+NO2-N, pH, PO4, Si, Total Chl-a, FLUO, SD, Density, PAR, Salinity, Temperature, ITS-90

PI	ICES Data Type	Number	Unit
Dr. Erhan Mutlu	Ammonia	63
	CTD stations	139
	Optics (eg underwater light levels)	48
	Other chemical oceanographic measurements	63
	Other dissolved gases	54
	Oxygen	63
	Oxygen	139
	pH	63
	Phosphate	63
	Replicate Si?	63
	Silicate	63
	Thermosalinograph	139
	Dr. Sengul Besiktepe
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, pheophytin, fluorescence)		63
Zooplankton

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

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: 25/11/2008