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Dataset Name: "Bilim", 1995 March
Start: 18/03/1995
Finish: 28/04/1995
Number of stations: 332
Research Vessel (Platform): Bilim
Organization: IMS METU
Region:
    Latitude range: 41°12'00" - 44°53'00"
    Longitude range: 28°08'00" - 40°45'00"
Parameter list
    Biology: Aurelia (Hensen net) biomass, Aurelia (Hensen net) number, Chlorophyll-a (Fluorometric method), Mesozooplankton F5 ("fodder", Hensen net, w/o Noct., Pleur., Aurel., Mnemiop.) b, Mesozooplankton F5 ("fodder", Hensen net, w/o Noct., Pleur., Aurel., Mnemiop.) n, Microphytoplankton (>15 microns cell length), cell density, Microphytoplankton (>15 microns cell length), wet biomass, Mnemiopsis leidyi 5 (Hensen net) biomass, Mnemiopsis leidyi 5 (Hensen net) number, Nanophytoplankton (2-15 microns cell length), cell density, Nanophytoplankton (2-15 microns cell length), wet biomass, Pleurobrachia pileus 2 (Hensen net) biomass, Pleurobrachia pileus 2 (Hensen net) number, Primary production at selected depth, Primary Production in water column, Total phytoplankton, cell density, Total phytoplankton, wet biomass
    Chemistry: Dissolved Oxygen (Winkler), Hydrogen sulfide (iodine back titration), Nitrate and Nitrite, Nitrite, pH, Phosphate, Silicic acid
    Physics: Density, Fluorescence in situ, Light Transmission at 600 nm, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Salinity, Secchi Disk visibility depth, Temperature

Description:
*Data file(s): 74200.dat...74218.dat, 74220.dat, 74221.dat,
74300.dat...74308.dat, 74310.dat...74321.dat, 74400.dat...74430.dat,
74500.dat...74517.dat, 74600.dat...74609.dat, 74700.dat...74709.dat,
74800.dat...74810.dat, 74900.dat...74908.dat, 75000.dat, 75003.dat,
75004.dat, 75006.dat...75012.dat, 75100.dat...75107.dat.

*Format: station CTD data file format of the NATO TU-BS project.

*Ship (station) name: R/V Bilim (IMS-METU, Turkey).

*Expedition: March 1995.

*Parameters: Depth, temperature, salinity, fluoresence, transparency.

*Instruments and methods: Seabird Electronics (SBE) CTD probe with additonal
fluorometer and transmissiometer and deck unit was used with a wire winch from
the rear of the vessel.

*Accuracy: Not applicable since the instruments are not periodically
calibrated (precision is one part in ten thousand).

*Processing (if applied): Data are averaged with respect to one meter
depth bins and converted to ASCII.

*Principal investigator(s):  Umit Unluata (IMS-METU, Turkey).

*Digitization: On board of the ship via deck unit under the responsibility of
the principal investigator. Processing applied at IMS-METU under responsibility
of the department of Physical Oceanography.

*Remarks: Data are reliable due to quality of the instrumentation and precise
acquisition.

*Completed by: Sinan Husrevoglu (IMS-METU, Turkey).

*Date: 25.06.1996.

*Source of data: IMS-METU.
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*Data file(s): chem.dat

*Format: station data file format of the NATO TU-BS project.

*Ship (station) name: R/V Bilim (IMS-METU, Turkey).

*Expedition: March 1995.

*Parameters: Depth, hydrogen sulfide, phosphate, nitrite, silicate,
chlorophyll, DOW, nitrite+nitrate, pH, Alkalinity.

*Instruments and methods: -Hydrogen sulfide is determined by iodometric back
titration.
-Phosphate, nitrite, silicate and nitrite+nitrate are determined by
the Technicon Autoanalyzer.
-Chlorophyll is determined by spectrophotometric methods.
-DOW is determined by Winkler titration method.
-pH and alkalinity are determined by the pH-meter.

*Accuracy: Error is applicable for pH and alkalinity and is approximately 0.05.

*Processing (if applied): None.

*Principal investigator(s):  Ozden Basturk (IMS-METU, Turkey).

*Digitization: Single-key entry at IMS-METU under supervision of Ozden
Basturk (IMS-METU).

*Remarks: Data are reliable in the sense of qualified staff and
instrumentation, however no error bounds or intercalibrations are present.

*Completed by: Sinan Husrevoglu (IMS-METU, Turkey).

*Date: 25.06.1996.

*Source of data: IMS-METU.
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*Data file(s): ma-ap-95.dat

*Format: Header data file format of the NATO TU-BS project.

*Ship (station) name: Bilim (IMS, Turkey).

*Expedition: Cruise number -.

*Parameters:
     N_MICRO - Microphytoplankton (over 15 microns cell lenght) cell/liter
     N_NANO - Nanophytoplankton (2 - 15 microns cell lenght) cell/liter
     N_PICO - Picophytoplankton (under 2 microns cell lenght) cells/liter
     N_TOTAL   - Total phytoplankton, cell/liter
     B_MICRO - Microphytoplankton (over 15 microns cell lenght) biomass, mg/m3
     B_NANO - Nanophytoplankton (2 - 15 microns cell lenght) biomass, mg/m3
     B_PICO - Picophytoplankton (under 2 microns cell lenght) biomass, mg/m3
     B_TOTAL   - Total phytoplankton biomass, mg/m3

*Instruments and methods: generally 1 lt seawater sample, sedimentation
method.

*Accuracy: Identification and counting by L. Senickhina and L. Georgieva.


*Processing (if applied):


*Principal investigator(s):  Elif Eker, Ahmet E. Kideys (IMS, Turkey).

*Digitization: At the IMS (Turkey)
in  March 1996. Responsible - E. Eker.

*Remarks: Data are obtained by qualified stuff and are reliable.

*Completed by: A. Mikaelyan

*Date: 20.06.1996.
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*Data file(s): chl.dat files

*Format: Station data file format of the NATO TU-BS Project.

*Ship (station) name: R/V Bilim (METU-IMS, Turkey).

*Expedition: Cruise   March 1995

*Parameters: Depth, PRP (mgC/m3/day)- primary production in the
water column for each depth, PRPI (mgC/m2/day)- day integrated primary
production in water column.

*Instruments and methods: primary production was measured by C14 technique
Artificial incubator was used in the experiments.

*Accuracy:

*Processing (if applied):

*Principal investigator(s): Aysen Yilmaz, Dilek Ediger

*Digitization: Single entry at the METU-IMS (Erdemli-Turkey)

*Remarks: Data are obtained by qualified stuff and are reliable.

*Completed by: Aysen Yilmaz (METU-IMS, Chemical Oceanography Department)

*Date: 25.03.1997.

*Source of data: IMS-METU, Chemical Oceanography Department
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*Data file(s): sd.dat

*Format: station data file format of the NATO TU-BS project.

*Ship (station) name: R/V Bilim (IMS-METU, Turkey).

*Expedition: March 1995.

*Parameters: Secchi disk depth.

*Instruments and methods: Standard Secchi disk (0.3 m in diameter) fixed on
the rosette where the Nansen bottles, the CTD probe and the additional
sensors are. The disk is fixed at a known height offset from the pressure
sensor.

*Accuracy: Approximately 0.5 m.

*Processing (if applied): Corrections are made for the wire angle.

*Principal investigator(s):  Aysen Yilmaz (IMS-METU, Turkey).

*Digitization: Single-key entry at IMS-METU.

*Remarks: The depth is determined by the pressure sensor of the CTD probe
and the staff are reliably experienced.

*Completed by: Sinan Husrevoglu (IMS-METU, Turkey).

*Date: 25.06.1996.

*Source of data: IMS-METU.
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*Data file(s): B9503.dat (zooplankton)
*Format: Station data file format of the NATO TU-BS project
*Ship (station) name: R/V Bilim
*Expedition: Not Registered
*Parameters: Mesozooplankton 53 Stations
*Instruments and methods: Hensen net (300 micron mesh size) Vertical haul
*Accuracy: the error of determination depends upon the wire angle
*Processing (if applied): without corrections of the wire angle
*Principal investigators: Samples: E. Mutlu, U. Niermann; Identification:
A. Goubanova, V. Melnikov (IBSS)
*Digitization: In Biology Laboratory of IMS-METU (Erdemli) for database
*Remarks: File B9503.dat
Description:
Horizon minimum (m), Horizon maximum (m) of haul, Groups
Groups:
1 = fodder zooplankton (without Jellyplankton)
2 = Noctiluca not recorded because of big mesh size.
*Completed by: G. Ergun, U. Niermann, V. Melnikov, Z. Uysal, Altukhov
*Date: 23.02.97
*Source of data: IMS-METU
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*Data file(s): macb9503.dat (zooplankton)
*Format: Station data file format of the NATO TU-BS project
*Ship (station) name: R/V Bilim
*Expedition: Not Registered
*Parameters: Macrozooplankton 53 Stations
*Instruments and methods: Hensen net (300 micron mesh size) Vertical haul
*Accuracy: the error of determination depends upon the wire angle
*Processing (if applied): without corrections of the wire angle
*Principal investigators: U. N#ermann, Samples: E. Mutlu, U. Niermann; Identification:
A. Goubanova, V. Melnikov (IBSS)
*Digitization: In Biology Laboratory of IMS-METU (Erdemli) for database
*Remarks: File macb9503.dat
Description:
Flag Year Mo Day Time    Lati   Long   Dept Station  min max  Thic G N/m3     B/m3
Groups (G):
3 = Pleurobrachia pileus
4 = Aurelia aurita
5 = Mnemiopsis leidyi
*Completed by: A.E. Kideys, U. Niermann, V. Melnikov, Z. Uysal, Altukhov
*Date: 23.02.97
*Source of data: IMS-METU

Stations List

Station NameDateTimeLatitudeLongitudeSea
Depth
7430619/03/199512:0043°00'00"29°07'00"2000
7430719/03/199513:0043°00'00"28°59'00"1600
7430819/03/199514:0043°00'00"28°52'00"1500
7431019/03/199515:0543°00'00"28°45'00"1000
1219/03/199515:3043°00'00"28°45'00" 
N00K4519/03/199515:3043°00'00"28°45'00"1000
7431119/03/199516:3043°00'00"28°38'00"640
7431219/03/199517:3543°00'00"28°30'00"95
N00K3019/03/199517:4043°00'00"28°30'00"95
1319/03/199517:4543°00'00"28°30'00" 
7431319/03/199518:3543°00'00"28°20'00"74
1419/03/199519:3043°00'00"28°11'00" 
N00K1119/03/199519:3043°00'00"28°11'00"40
7431419/03/199519:3543°00'00"28°12'00"40
7431519/03/199521:0043°07'00"28°28'00"80
7431619/03/199522:3043°14'00"28°44'00"90
N14K4419/03/199522:4043°14'00"28°44'00"92
1520/03/199500:2043°28'00"28°57'00" 
7431720/03/199500:2043°28'00"28°57'00"80
N28K5720/03/199500:2043°28'00"28°57'00"79
7431820/03/199501:1043°26'00"29°05'00"90
7431920/03/199502:0043°23'00"29°13'00"160
7432020/03/199502:4043°22'00"29°20'00"1150
1620/03/199502:5043°22'00"29°20'00" 
N22L2020/03/199502:5043°22'00"29°20'00"1200
7432120/03/199503:3043°20'00"29°28'00"1600
7440020/03/199505:1043°21'00"29°43'00"1300
7440120/03/199506:4543°23'00"30°00'00"1300
N22M0020/03/199507:1543°22'00"30°00'00"300
1720/03/199507:3043°22'00"30°00'00" 
7440220/03/199508:5043°34'00"30°07'00"800
7440320/03/199511:0043°42'00"29°51'00"87
N42L5020/03/199511:3043°42'00"29°50'00"87
7440420/03/199512:0043°46'00"29°43'00"76
7440520/03/199512:5043°50'00"29°35'00"73
7440620/03/199513:4543°55'00"29°26'00"70
N54L2620/03/199513:4543°55'00"29°26'00"70
7440720/03/199514:4543°59'00"29°18'00"50
1820/03/199515:3044°03'00"29°09'00" 
7440820/03/199515:3044°03'00"29°09'00"50
P03L0920/03/199515:3044°03'00"29°09'00"50
7440920/03/199516:4044°07'00"29°00'00"45
7441021/03/199511:1044°17'00"29°06'00"40
1921/03/199511:3044°17'00"29°06'00" 
P17L0621/03/199511:3044°17'00"29°06'00"40
7441121/03/199522:3544°22'00"29°22'00"52
P22L2121/03/199522:5044°22'00"29°21'00"50
7441221/03/199523:3544°18'00"29°32'00"60
7441322/03/199500:3044°15'00"29°46'00"60
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Stations Map
Note: yellow markers on map represent all selected stations, green markers - stations from current table.

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