BM0702 Cruise Report (BITMAXII research cruise on RV Hugh R. Sharp,
9-15 April 2007)
Metadata:
- Identification_Information:
- Citation:
- Citation_Information:
- Originator:
- University of Maryland
Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory
- Publication_Date:
- Unknown
- Title:
- BM0702 Cruise Report
(BITMAXII research cruise on RV Hugh R. Sharp, 9-15 April 2007)
- Online_Linkage:
- http://www.bitmaxii.org
- Description:
- Abstract:
- A research cruise was
conducted on the upper Chesapeake Bay from 9-15 April 2007 aboard the
R.V. Hugh R. Sharp as part of the BITMAX-II program. Cruise Report
filename is "BM0702 Cruise Report.pdf". Objectives of this cruise were
to sample the estuarine turbidity maximum (ETM) region of the Chesapeake
Bay with a suite of in situ sensors (conductivity, temperature, depth,
fluorometer, optical backscatter sensor, laser in-situ scattering and
transmissometry device (LISST 100C), and Tracor acoustic profiling
system (TAPS)), Niskin bottles, MOCNESS zooplankton nets, Tucker trawl
ichthyoplankton/zooplankton nets, and a digital imaging particle
settling tube with in-situ capture (DIPSTIC). The ETM in this system is
most prominent in deeper waters of the shipping channel near the
freshwater/saltwater interface. Our sampling strategy included 1) axial
surveys of the region with CTD casts and Niskin bottles conducted at 11
stations, 2) axial surveys to sample zooplankton and ichthyoplankton
with MOCNESS and Tucker Trawl net tows, 3) time course sampling with
Niskin bottles and DIPSTIC at three anchor stations, 4) time course
sampling with MOCNESS net tows at two alternating stations, and 5)
channel vs. shoal comparisons of ichthyoplankton and zooplankton
abundance with Tucker Trawl net tows. We occupied a total of 132
stations, collected 71 Niskin bottle water samples and 133 zooplankton
samples, 30 ichthyoplankton samples, and conducted 25 DIPSTIC casts. The
Chief Scientist on this cruise was Byron C. Crump.
- Purpose:
- Research conducted during
this cruise was supported by National Science Foundation grant
OCE0453905 "Dynamic Stability and Particle Transformations: Tracing
Pathways of Production in Estuarine Turbidity Maxima." For more details,
see the BITMAX-II program web page (www.BITMAXII.org).
- Time_Period_of_Content:
- Time_Period_Information:
- Range_of_Dates/Times:
- Beginning_Date:
- 20070409
- Ending_Date:
- 20070415
- Currentness_Reference:
- ground
condition
- Status:
- Progress:
- Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:
- None
Planned
- Spatial_Domain:
- Bounding_Coordinates:
- West_Bounding_Coordinate:
- -76.4031
- East_Bounding_Coordinate:
- -75.9776
- North_Bounding_Coordinate:
- 39.6026
- South_Bounding_Coordinate:
- 38.98932
- Keywords:
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- International
Standards Organization
- Theme_Keyword:
- 002 biota
- Theme_Keyword:
- 012 inland waters
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- Master
Environmental Library (MEL) Keyword Thesaurus
- Theme_Keyword:
- Oceanography
- Theme_Keyword:
- Ocean chemistry
- Theme_Keyword:
- Physics
- Theme_Keyword:
- Fluid Mechanics
- Theme_Keyword:
- Ocean Acoustics
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
Global Change Master Directory (BCMD) Science Keywords, (CATEGORY >
TOPIC > Term > Variable)
http://gcmd.nasa.gov/Resources/valids/keyword_list.html
- Theme_Keyword:
- Oceans > Coastal
Processes > Estuaries
- Theme_Keyword:
- Oceans > Coastal
Processes > Sediment Transport
- Theme_Keyword:
- Oceans > Ocean
Chemistry > Biogeochemical Cycles
- Theme_Keyword:
- Oceans > Ocean
Chemistry > Marine Geochemistry
- Theme_Keyword:
- Oceans > Ocean
Chemistry > Pigments > Chlorophyll
- Theme_Keyword:
- Oceans > Ocean
Chemistry > Pigments
- Theme_Keyword:
- Oceans > Ocean
Chemistry > Radiocarbon
- Theme_Keyword:
- Oceans > Ocean
Optics > FluorescenceOceans > Tides > Tidal Currents
- Theme_Keyword:
- Biosphere >
Ecological Dynamics > Ecosystem Functions > Primary Production
- Theme_Keyword:
- Biosphere >
Ecological Dynamics > Ecosystem Functions > Respiration Rate
- Theme_Keyword:
- Biosphere >
Ecological Dynamics > Ecosystem Functions > Oxygen Demand
- Theme_Keyword:
- Biosphere >
Ecological Dynamics > Ecosystem Functions > Food-web Dynamics
- Theme_Keyword:
- Biosphere >
Aquatic Ecosystems > Plankton > Phytoplankton
- Theme_Keyword:
- Biosphere >
Aquatic Ecosystems > Plankton
- Place:
- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- Geographic
Names Information System (GNIS),
http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/index.html
- Place_Keyword:
- Feature ID: 597227
- Place_Keyword:
- Name: Chesapeake Bay
- Place_Keyword:
- Feature ID: 588915
- Place_Keyword:
- Name: Chesapeake Bay
Bridge
- Place_Keyword:
- Feature ID: 589562
- Place_Keyword:
- Name: Turkey Point
Lighthouse
- Access_Constraints:
- None
- Use_Constraints:
- The University of
Maryland Center for Environmental Science, their Principal Investigators
and the Sponsors (See Data_Set_Credit) should be fully acknowledged in
any publication in which any part of these data are used. Use of the
data without completely reading and understanding of the metadata is not
recommended. The University of Maryland Center of Environmental Science
makes no warranty or representation as to the use of this data and is
not responsible for the misuse of data.
- Point_of_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Person_Primary:
- Contact_Person:
- Byron C. Crump
- Contact_Organization:
- University of
Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing and physical
- Address:
- UMCES Horn Point
Laboratory
- Address:
- 5745 Lovers Lane
- City:
- Cambridge
- State_or_Province:
- MD
- Postal_Code:
- 21613
- Country:
- USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- 410-221-8382
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- bcrump@hpl.umces.edu
- Browse_Graphic:
- Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
- https://mermaid.ncddc.noaa.gov/edu/umces/BITMAXII/BM0702/Cruise_Report/BM0702_Cruise_Report/idinfo/browse/BM0702_Ax01.pdf
- Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
- Salinity,
dissolved oxygen, OBS turbidity, and fluorescence results from first
axial survey from R/V SHARP CTD.
- Browse_Graphic_File_Type:
- pdf
- Data_Set_Credit:
- Data was collected
as part of the Bio-physical Interactions in the Turbidity Maximum
(BITMAX-II) program (www.BITMAXII.org) funded by the National Science
Foundation (award #OCE-0453905). Scientists from the Unviersity of
Maryland Center for Environmental Science and crew of the R/V Hugh R.
Sharp collected this data.
- Cross_Reference:
- Citation_Information:
- Originator:
- University of Maryland
Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory
- Publication_Date:
- Unknown
- Title:
- BM0702_CTD_Processed_Downcast
(CTD processed downcast data from BITMAX-II research cruise on RV Hugh
R. Sharp, 9-15 April 2007)
- Online_Linkage:
- http://www.bitmaxii.org
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- Metadata_Reference_Information:
- Metadata_Date:
- 20100326
- Metadata_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Person_Primary:
- Contact_Person:
- Byron C. Crump
- Contact_Organization:
- University of
Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing and physical
- Address:
- UMCES Horn Point
Laboratory
- Address:
- 5745 Lovers Lane
- City:
- Cambridge
- State_or_Province:
- MD
- Postal_Code:
- 21613
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- 410-221-8382
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- bcrump@hpl.umces.edu
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Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version:
- Version
2.0
- Metadata_Extensions:
- Online_Linkage:
- http://www.bitmaxii.org
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