CRUISE REPORT

Cruise Number: W98-04D
FOCI Number: FOCI 9807
OSU Ship: WECOMA

Area of Operations:

Bering Sea

Itinerary:

Departed Dutch Harbor, Alaska: April 30, 1998
Arrived Dutch Harbor, Alaska: May 5, 1998

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Participating Organizations:

NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center
University of Texas
University of Alaska

Participating Scientists

Objectives of Cruise:

1. Complete CTD lines at and between mooring sites.
2. Conduct biological sampling in project areas.

Summary of Operations: The WECOMA departed Dutch Harbor on the evening of May 30, 1998. There were three major sampling areas: a CTD and nutrient grid at mooring site 2 (at the beginning and end of the cruise), a CTD and nutrient line between mooring sites 2 and 3, and a CTD and nutrient grid at mooring site 3. The WECOMA returned to Dutch Harbor on April 5, 1998.

Operations:

CTD casts with PAR, fluorometer and transmissometer : 30
Chlorophylls 14
Carbon 13 7
DON 27
Nutrients 27
Productivity 4