Deployment of Lander, core sampling, hydrographic observation off Sanriku

Fiscal Year

2013

Title

Deployment of Lander, core sampling, hydrographic observation 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
2013/10/28 - 2013/11/10
Research Area
Off the coast of Sanriku
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Category
Research Cruise
Overview
This cruise of Bosei maru is conducted under the TEAMS project, namely Tohoku Ecosystem Array of Marine Sciences. Detailed investigation is mooring deployment of the lander, core samplings by multiple coring and piston coring, and hydrographic observation.

Investigation Item and Data Acquisition

Investigation ItemData Acquisition
LanderTemperature, salinity, pressure, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, current velocity, current direction, picture, movie
Core samplingMultiple coring (8 sites) and piston coring (2 sites)
Hydrographic observationCTD, FRRF (Chl.a, PAR), dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, nutrients, salinity, 18O-H2O, dissolved organic carbon, CFCS, 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 Year2013
OrganizationJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
CategoryResearch Cruise
Research AreaNorth Sanriku
South Sanriku
DisciplineOcean physics -> Water temperature
Ocean physics -> Salinity
Ocean physics -> Ocean current / Tidal current (Current direction/Current speed)
Ocean physics -> Transparency / Turbidity
Ocean chemistry -> Salinity
Ocean chemistry -> Dissolved oxygen
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