CalCOFI 0903FR Cruise Prospectus (cruise announcement pdf)
- Current survey data & egg maps
- Loading Days: 14 - 15 Apr 2009, F/V Frosti at San Francisco
- Depart San Francisco on F/V Frosti 16 Apr 2009
- Offloads in San Diego 9 May 2009
- Station Plan: 38 central & northern CalCOFI stations are scheduled plus transects/stations in between standard lines occupied on 0903JD
- Number of Scientific Party: 6 scientists & technicians
Proposed Sta Work:
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Seabird CTD with 12-2.5L bottle rosette to 500m, depth-permitting
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CTD Sensors include:
- Dual SBE3 fast response Temperature sensors
- Dual SBE4 Conductivity sensors
- SBE43 Oxygen sensor
- Fluorometer
- Wetlabs 25cm, 660nm Transmissometer
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CTD Sensors include:
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Water Sample Analyses include:
- Salinities, Guildline Portasal
- Oxygens, SIO-ODF Auto-titrator
- Chlorophyll-a + phaeopigments, 24hr cold acetone extractions, Turner Design Fluorometer
- Nutrients: NO3, NO2, PO4, Sil, NH3; frozen for later analysis
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Net Tows:
- 100m Pairovet vertical net tow (coastal stations only - out to sta 70)
- 210m Bongo net tow - all stations
- MANTA neuston net tow - all stations
- Mid-water Trawls with new marine mammal screening
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Continuously collected data:
- Acoustics - Shipboard EK-60 acoustics system
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Visual and acoustic observations
- Avifauna (bird) census