Hydrographic observation and deployment of mooring off Sanriku

Fiscal Year

2012

Title

Hydrographic observation and deployment of mooring off Sanriku

Project and Theme

Project 3. Research on factors controlling open ocean benthopelagic ecosystem dynamics
Representative Organization: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Theme3. Long-term monitoring of the physic-chemical environment in fisheries grounds
Representative personShuichi Watanabe
OrganizationJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
DepartmentEastern Japan Marine Ecosystems Dynamics Project team

Research Information

Period and Interval
2013/03/07 - 2013/03/14
Research Area
Off the coast of Sanriku
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Category
Mooring system (Observation buoy)
Overview
This cruise of Oshoro maru (OS252) is conducted under the TEAMS project, namely Tohoku Ecosystem Array of Marine Sciences. Detailed investigation is hydrographic observation and mooring deployments of the sediment trap and the underwater profiling buoy system equipped with CTD sensor (SEA-SAW).

Investigation Item and Data Acquisition

Investigation ItemData Acquisition
sediment trapsinking particles
underwater profiling buoy systemCTD
Hydrographic observationCTD, FRRF (Chl.a, PAR), Dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, nutrients, salinity, 18O-H2O, dissolved organic carbon, chl.a, HPLC

Reference

Person in charge of Investigation

Representative personMasahide Wakita
OrganizationJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
DepartmentEastern Japan Marine Ecosystems Dynamics Project team

Keywords

Fiscal Year2012
OrganizationJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
CategoryMooring system (Observation buoy)
Research AreaSouth Sanriku
DisciplineOcean physics -> Water temperature
Ocean physics -> Salinity
Ocean chemistry -> Salinity
Ocean chemistry -> Nutrients
Ocean chemistry -> Organic matter
Ocean chemistry -> Total carbonic acid
Ocean chemistry -> Alkalinity
Ocean chemistry -> Others
Ocean environment -> Nutrients
Ocean environment -> Plant pigments
Ocean environment -> Organic carbon
Ocean environment -> Alkalinity