BM0802 Cruise Report (BITMAXII research cruise on R.V. Hugh R. Sharp
April 17-23, 2008)
Metadata:
- Identification_Information:
- Citation:
- Citation_Information:
- Originator:
- University of Maryland
Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory
- Publication_Date:
- Unknown
- Title:
- BM0802 Cruise Report
(BITMAXII research cruise on R.V. Hugh R. Sharp April 17-23, 2008)
- Online_Linkage:
- http://www.bitmaxii.org
- Description:
- Abstract:
- A research cruise was
conducted on the upper Chesapeake Bay from 17-23 April 2008 aboard the
R.V. Hugh R. Sharp as part of the BITMAX-II program. Objectives of this
cruise were to sample the estuarine turbidity maximum (ETM) region of
the Chesapeake Bay with CTD casts, Niskin bottles, MOCNESS zooplankton
nets, Tucker Trawl ichthyoplankton/zooplankton nets, and Digital Imaging
Particle Settling Tubes 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 at three anchor stations, 4) time course sampling at two
alternating stations with MOCNESS net tows, and 5) channel vs. shoal
comparisons of ichthyoplankton and zooplankton abundance with Tucker
Trawl net tows. We occupied a total of 145 stations, collected 72 Niskin
bottle water samples, did 38 MOCNESS tows, did 24 Tucker Trawl tows,
and conducted 44 DIPSTIC casts
- 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:
- 20080417
- Ending_Date:
- 20080423
- 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:
- 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 > Ocean
Chemistry > Biogeochemical Cycles
- Theme_Keyword:
- Oceans > Ocean
Chemistry > Marine Geochemistry
- 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
- 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/BM0802/Cruise_Report/BM0802_Cruise_Report/idinfo/browse/BM0802_Ax01.pdf
- Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
- Salinity,
dissolved oxygen, OBS turbidity, and fluorescence results from first
axial survey from R/V SHARP CTD for cruise BM0802 April 17, 2008.
- 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:
- BM0802_CTD_Processed_Downcast
(CTD processed downcast data from BITMAX-II research cruise on RV Hugh
R. Sharp, 17-23 April 2008)
- Online_Linkage:
- http://www.bitmaxii.org
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- Metadata_Reference_Information:
- Metadata_Date:
- 20100610
- 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
- Country:
- USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- 410-221-8382
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- bcrump@hpl.umces.edu
- Metadata_Standard_Name:
- FGDC
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version:
- Version
2.0
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