CRUISE SUMMARY REPORT/ROSCOP FORMS




 CRUISE NAME:MTPII-MATER/M1CH-MAR97 IDENTIFIER: GN36199704602 
 Ship Name: R/V AEGAEO              Call Sign: SXYY 
 Ship Type: Research Ship  
 PROJECT: MASTIII-MTPII-MATER
 Scientific Coordinating Body: NCMR



Chief Scientist(s) :

 A) : Dr V. Lykousis  B) : Dr C. Anagnostou  C) : Dr A. Tselepides
 Laboratory :
 NCMR, Inst. of Oceanography		  Laboratory :
 NCMR, Inst. of Oceanography		  Laboratory :
 Institute of Marine Biology of Crete (IMBC)
 Address :
 14, Fleming-Vari-16672, Greece		  Address :
 14, Fleming-Vari-16672, Greece		  Address :
 P.O. Box 2214, 71003 Iraklion, Crete Greece
 Tel : ++30 1 9656046  Tel : ++30 1 9656046  Tel : ++30 81 242022
 Fax : ++30 1 9653522  Fax : ++30 1 9653522  Fax : ++30 81 241882
 Email : vlikou@fl.ncmr.gr  Email : chanag@fl.ncmr.gr  Email : ttse@imbc.gr


Other Participating Bodies :

D) Dr B. Price, UEDIN, UK
E) Dr P. Statham, SUDO, UK
F) Dr A. Moriki, NCMR/IO, Greece
G) E. Papageorgiou, NCMR/IO, Greece
H) S. Stavrakakis, NCMR/IO, Greece
I) V. Papadopoulos, NCMR/IO, Greece
J) Dr A. Bianchi, LMM, CNRS, France
K) Dr R. Danovaro, ISAM, Italy

Objectives :

The main purposes of the cruise in the frame of MATER-WP4 project were to carry out an hydrological, chemical / sea water and geochemical survey in the study area and to deploy 5 moorings equiped with sediment traps and current meters.

Additionally, this was the first cruise of the project MATER that concentrated on the study of the benthic environment at selected stations in the South and North Aegean Sea.

The main tasks involved:

- collecting sediment samples with an 0.1 m2 USNEL Boxcorer and/or a Bowers/Connely multicorer from 5 stations in the South (MSB1, 3, 4, 6, 7) and 7 stations in the North Aegean Sea (MNB1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) to determine:

  1. the benthic meiofauna and macrofauna community structure
  2. the temperature and Eh values of the sediment
  3. the TOC, TON, Chloroplastic pigment and LOC concentration in the sediment
  4. the nutrient content concentration in the near bottom water
  5. the microbial density and potential microbial activity

Cruise Period   Start : 12 March 1997      End : 25 March 1997

Port of Departure : Heraklion-Crete       Port of Return : Limnos

SEA/OCEAN : Coded Region : D33        Local Name : AEGEAN SEA

Geographical Limits

North : N40 34.70     South : N35 40.00
West  : E024 06.00     East   : E026 13.00

Description of the field observations :



STATIONS LOCATION AND TYPE OF MEASUREMENTS

 STATION  DATE  TIME GMT  LATITUDE  LONGITUDE  TYPE CODE (ROSCOP)
MSB-1
14/03/97
13:20
N36 03.50
E025 17.00
B02, B16, B18a, B72, B73, D01, D71, G04a, G04b, G90a, G90b, H09, H10, H22, H24, H25, H26, H75, H76, H90, P01, P02, P05
MSB-2
13/03/97
18:20
N35 43.45
E025 06.00
B73, D01, D71, H09, H10, H90, P01, P02, P05
MSB-3
16/03/97
00:45
N36 00.00
E023 53.60
B02, B16, B18a, B72, D71, G04a, H10, H22, H24, H25, H26, H75, H76, P01, P02, P05
MSB-4
17/03/97
16:10
N36 15.00
E024 06.30
B02, B16, B18a, B72, D71, G04a, H10, H22, H24, H25, H26, H75, H76, P01, P02, P05
MSB-6
15/03/97
11:25
N36 00.00
E025 42.30
B02, B16, B18a, B72, D71, G04a, H10, H22, H24, H25, H26, H75, H76, P01, P02, P05
MSB-7
16/03/97
05:25
N35 40.00
E026 13.00
B02, B72, D71, G04b, G90a, G90b, H10, P01, P02, P05
M1ST-1
14/03/97
08:45
N36 04.50
E025 17.00
B73, D01
M1ST-2
13/03/97
15:35
N35 44.41
E025 06.16
B73, D01
MNB-1
23/03/97
22:30
N40 14.90
E025 12.00
B02, B16, B18a, B73, D01, D71, G04a, G04b, G90b, H10, H22, H24, H25, H26, H75, H76, P01, P02, P05
MNB-2
22/03/97
23:00
N40 04.65
E024 36.20
B02, B16, B18a, B72, B73, D01, D71, G04a, G04b, H09, H10, H22, H24, H25, H26, H75, H76, H90, P01, P02, P05
MNB-3
25/03/97
15:25
N39 13.45
E025 00.00
B02, B16, B18a, B18b, B72, B73, D01, D71, G04a, G04b, G90b, H10, H22, H24, H25, H26, H75, H76, H90, P01, P02, P05
MNB-4
25/03/97
03:25
N39 47.10
E025 31.50
B02, G04b, G90b, D71, H10, H75, P01, P02, P05
MNB-5
24/03/97
20:30
N40 12.65
E025 28.50
D71, G04b, G90b, H10, P01, P02, P05
MNB-6
23/03/97
19:10
N40 34.70
E025 08.00
B02, B16, B18a, B72, D71, G04a, G04b, H09, H10, H22, H24, H25, H26, H75, H76, H90, P01, P02, P05
MNB-7
23/03/97
12:45
N40 16.60
E024 50.50
B02, B72, D71, G04a, G04b, H09, H10, H22, H24, H25, H26, H75, H76, H90, P01, P02, P05
M1NT-1
24/03/97
07:15
N40 14.85
E025 11.35
B73, D01
M1NT-2
23/03/97
08:45
N40 04.35
E024 36.00
B73, D01
M1NT-3
25/03/97
10:00
N39 13.45
E024 59.78
B73, D01


DISCIPLINES

 CODE DISCIPLINES
HC
 MARINE BIOLOGY & FISHERIES
HC
 CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY (Hydrology)
GG
 GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS
HP
 PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY (Hydrology)



IOC MEDITERRANEAN REGIONS

 IOC REGION  CODE
 AEGEAN SEA
 D33



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES (DATA REPORTS) :



ROSCOP PARAMETER CODES

 CODE  PARAMETER  MEASUREMENT DESCRIPTION  Nb Obs.  Scientist
 B02  Phytoplankton pigments  Sediment cores were sliced in 5 depth layers (0-3, 3-10, 10-20, 20-40, 40-60 mm) and stored at -20oC for later analyses of Chla and phaeopigment concentrations
11
C
 B16  Benthic bacteria/micro-organisms Sediment cores were sliced in 3 depth layers (0-2, 2-4, 4-6 cm), processed and analysed immediately on board to determine proteolytic and respiration rates. Samples were also preserved for later determination of bacterial abundance
8
J
 B18  Zoobenthos a. Sediment cores were sliced in 4 depth layers (0-1, 1-2, 2-4, 4-6 cm) and preserved for later analysis of the benthic meiofauna
9
C
b. Sediment cores were sliced in 3 depth layers (0-5, 5-10, 10-20 cm), sieved over a 0.5mm mesh and preserved in formalin for later analysis of the benthic macrofauna
2
C
 B72  Biochemical meas. Sediment cores were sliced in 5 depth layers (0-3, 3-10, 10-20, 20-40, 40-60 mm) and stored at -20oC for later analyses of LOM (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins)
10
K
 B73  Sediment traps  5 fixed moorings for particles flux measurements
10
H
 D01  Current meters  5 fixed moorings
15
G
 D71 Current profiler (eg ADCP)  In situ measurements of current speed and direction
13
I
 G04  Core soft bottom A BOWERS/CONNELY multicorer (a) and a 0.1m2 USNEL boxcorer (b) were used to collect sediment samples for the parameters: B02, B16, B18, B72, G90, H75
10(a)
10(b)
C
 G90  Other geological/geophysical meas. a. Direct measurements of the thickness of the oxidized layer were undertaken in order to distinguish between regions of sedimentation and accumulation
3
A (LSGM)
b. Sediment cores were opened, photographed, subsampled and stored for later measurements of grain size and determination of minerals
7
B
 H09  Water bottle stations Water samples were collected from various depths with Niskin water bottles during CTD casts for the analyses of particulate and dissolved heavy metals (H90)
5
E
 H10  CTD stations  In situ measurements of pressure, temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, light transmission
13
G
 H22  Phosphate Near bottom water was collected from the multi-corer and stored at -20oC until further analyses of phosphate
9
C
 H24  Nitrate Near bottom water was collected from the multi-corer and stored at -20oC until further analyses of nitrate
9
C
 H25  Nitrite Near bottom water was collected from the multi-corer and stored at -20oC until further analyses of nitrite
9
C
 H26  Silicate Near bottom water was collected from the multi-corer and stored at -20oC until further analyses of silicate
9
C
 H75  Total - N Sediment cores were sliced in 5 depth layers (0-3, 3-10, 10-20, 20-40, 40-60 mm) and stored at -20oC for later analyses of TON and TOC
11
C
 H76  Ammonia Near bottom water was collected from the multi-corer and stored at -20oC until further analyses of ammonia
9
C
 H90  Other chemical oceanographic meas. Water samples from various depths were analysed for particulate and dissolved heavy metals
5
E
 P01 Suspended matter  
13
A
 P02 Trace metals  
13
D
 P05 Other dissolved substances  
13
E,F





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