Date: 01/07/15
Location: Fal Estuary
Time: 07:00- 12:37 UTC
Vessel: R. V. Bill Conway
Weather: 3/8 cloud cover, overcast
Tide: 10:53 UTC low tide, 16:48 high
Introduction:
The Prince of Wales pier was the start point for the full day offshore trip on Callista.
CTD casts, ADCP transects, zooplankton trawls and water samples were completed at
6 stations offshore from Falmouth, providing an overview of the properties of the
water column as well as samples to analyse nutrient and chlorophyll concentrations.The
sampling process for the transect on the Conway began at the mouth of the estuary
and worked towards the most riverine station. Low tide was at 10.53UTC and all of
our stations were completed before this point meaning that all samples were recorded
on the outgoing tide. Samples were taken at 5 stations, of which 3, at the start,
middle and end, included zooplankton samples.
