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W&M ScholarWorks Reports 1961 Hydrographic data from the Atlantic plankton cruises of the R/V Pathfinder, December 1959 - December 1960 Edwin B. Joseph Virginia Fisheries Laboratory William H. Massmann Virginia Fisheries Laboratory John J. Norcross Virginia Fisheries Laboratory Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/reports Part of the Hydrology Commons, and the Oceanography Commons Recommended Citation Joseph, E. B., Massmann, W. H., & Norcross, J. J. (1961) Hydrographic data from the Atlantic plankton cruises of the R/V Pathfinder, December 1959 - December 1960. Special Scientific Report (Virginia Institute of Marine Science); No. 18. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary. https://doi.org/10.21220/V5072J This Report is brought to you for free and open access by W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Reports by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. • • • • • • '_,.h(g: .. CAPE CHARLES DECEMBER 1959 - DECEMBER 1960 CB-0 • • • • • ... :. CAPE . HENRY .... :. • • • VIRGINIA FISHERIES LABORATORY SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC REPORT NO. 18 1961 • • • FALSE .· · · I II ItI lV CAPE . A SUMMARY OF HYDROGRAPHIC STATION DATA FROM THE ATLANTIC PLANKTON CRUISES OF THE R/V PATHFINDER December 1959 - December 1960 The data included in this report have resulted from a series of monthly offshore cruises conducted by the Ichthyology Research Section. The cruises were made to obtain information on the distribution and abundance of pelagic eggs and larvae of fishes. Since the biological results will :be reported in a series of separate papers (Joseph, Massmann and Norcross, 1961), it was felt that the raw hydrographic data shpuld be_ made available in a single source. The area covered is approximately 2500 sQuare nautical miles of the neritic zone within the 20-fathom contour. The shore line encompasses the mouth of Chesapeake Bay and extends from False Cape on the south to Wachapr6ague Inlet on the north. Within this area are 22 stations arranged in four transects of four stations and two transects of three stations. Three additional stations are within lower Chesapeake Bay. The location and depth_of each station is given in Tab1e ~ Surface ~nd bottom temperatures and water samples were obtained at ~ach station. Wind velocities were estimated and wind directi•n obtainad from compass bearings. Temperatures were taken by mPans of a cable-mounted thermistor developed by Chesapeake Bay Institu:e. Surface and bottom water samples were returned to the :aboratory where salinities were determined by titratior.. The u~treated hydrographic data are summarized in Table 2. - 2 - Isothermal and isohaline patterns fot· surface and bottom waters are included in figures 1-12. Since stations are separated by intervals of 10 nautical miles and could not be sampled synoptically, the construction c>f patterns must depend on a liberal interpretation of the data. Six standard surface drift bottles p1:-ovided by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution were releclsed on each of the 22 offshore stations and station CB-0, during all of the twelve cruises. Drift bottle recoveries are not included in this report. Although a span of 13 months is cove:red, data are reported for only 12 months. During October ~nd November of 1960 the Pathfinder was out of service for repairs. In November a trawler was chartered for the cruise, but no cruise was attempted in October. The distribution of this report does not constitute publication, and the data are subject to revision. Literature Cited 1961. JosePh, E. B., w. H. Massmann and J. J. Norcross. Investigations of inner continental shelf waters off lower Chesapeal<e Bay. Part I - General introduction and hydrography. Chesapeake Science (In press). Edwin B. Joseph \tJilliam H. Massmann John J. Norcross 13 February l~l61 Table 1 Designation and Location of Stations Designation Location Depth in feet N. Lat. w. Long. 0 ' 0 I CB-0 37 Ol 76 03 so CB-10 37 08 76 11 40 CB-20 37 15 76 22 60 640 I 36 40 75 47 66 640 II 36 40 75 35 60 640 III 36 40 75 22 66 640 IV 36 40 75 10 120 650 I 36 so 75 47 56 650 II 36 so 75 35 48 650 III 36 so 75 22 72 650 IV 36 so 75 10 72 700 I 37 00 75 47 48 700 II 37 00 75 35 64 700 III 37 00 75 22 96 700 IV 37 00 75 10 ll4 710 I 37 10 75 47 20 710 II 37 10 75 35 54 71.0 III 37 10 75 22 84 71.0 IV 37 J.O 75 10 ~02 720 II 37 20 75 35 42 720 III 37 20 75 22 82 720 IV 37 20 75 10 82 730 II 37 30 75 35 36 730 III 37 30 75 22 82 730 IV 37 so 75 10 96 Table 2 Station Hydrographic Data Station Salinity Temperature vJind No. Date Time Surf. Bot. Surf. Bot. Dir. Force* December 1959 CB-20 12- 7-59 1515 23.9 24.3 8.28 8.90 NW 7 CB-10 12- 7-59 1700 26.5 26.7 7.67 7.89 NVJ 7 CB-0 12- 8-59 1045 23.4 26.0 7.92 sw 4 640 I 12- 8-59 14-15 30.95 31.29 12.23 sw 2 640 II 12- 8-59 1545 32.68 33.19 11.62 12.00 w 2 640 III 12- 8-59 1715 32.68 33.19 11.2 11.4 w 3 640 IV 12- 9-59 0540 33.57 29.07 12.80 12.72 SW 4 650 I 12- 8-59 1245 27.3 30.43 9.30 11.0 SttJ 4 650 II 12- 8-59 1750 30.61 31.82 11.02 11.40 w ·a 650 III 12- 8-59 1830 32.00 32.50 11.38 11.80 NW 4 650 IV 12- 9-59 0410 33.21 33.57 12.01 12.5 sw 4 700 I 12- 8-59 2225 26.09 29.72 9.00 10.80 w s 700 II 12- 8-59 2315 30.10 32.01 10.20 11.50 w 4 700 III 12- 9-59 0115 33.21 11.84 12.20 sw 4 700 IV 12- 9-59 0240 33.21 33.73 12.18 12.80 SW 4 710 I 12- 9-59 1315 28.71 8.63 10.01 sw 3 710 II 12- 9-59 1230 28.21 8.96 10.33 sw 2 710 III 12- 9-59 1110 29.07 8.83 11.34 sw 2 710 IV 12- 9-59 0945 11.63 12.00 sw 2 720 II 12-10-59 2400 27.48 31.98 8.30 11.17 0 720 III 12-10-59 2240 30.95 32.66 9.03 11.40 0 720 IV 12-10-59 2115 32.36 33.21 11.21 12.18 0 730 II 12-10-59 1710 31.76 31.65 9.1 9.0 NE 1 730 III 12-10-59 1840 32.36 32.52 11.58 11.96 NE 1 730 IV 12-l.0-59 2000 33.04 32.86 11.24 11.27 0 Januar~ 1960 CB-20 1-12-60 0630 18.24 18.59 5.59 6.47 NE 2 CB-10 1-12-60 081.5 19.47 19.81 5.48 7.23 NE 3 CB-0 1-12-60 1015 29.23 29.43 7.58 7.64 NE 4 640 I 1-12-60 1335 29.40 28.07 7.13 7.94 NE 3 640 II 1-12-60 1515 32.00 32.00 8.40 8.42 E 3 640 III 1-12-60 1650 32.68 32.18 9.00 9.07 NE 3 640 IV 1-12-60 1835 33.21 33.21 9.91 9.91 E 3 650 I 1-13-60 0115 30.44 32.18 7.60 8.15 s 5 650 II l.-12-60 2335 31.83 33.03 8.25 8.22 650 III 1-12-60 2150 33.21 32.86 8.69 8.79 E 3 650 IV 1-12-60 2015 32.52 32.68 9.62 9.71 E 3 * Beaufort Scale • Table 2 continued Station Salinity Temperature Wind No. Date Time Surf. Bot. Surf. Bot. Dir. Force* January 1960 continued 700 I l-19-60 0700 29.42 30.28 7.31 8.07 sw 6 700 II 1-25-60 1220 31.65 32.18 6.48 6.43 N 3 700 III 1-24-60 1845 32.86 33.55 6.95 6.97 NW 3 700 IV 1-24-60 1640 32.68 32.68 7.35 7.69 NVJ 3 710 I 1-25-60 0930 31.13 30.79 4.14 4.15 N 3 710 II 1-25-60 1050 31.47 31.47 5.76 5.76 N 3 710 III 1-24-60 1950 31.83 32.34 6.47 6.47 NW 3 710 IV 1-24-60 1505 32.52 32.34 7.69 7.69 NtJJ 3 720 II 1-23-60 1530 32.00 31.13 5.66 5.66 NW 5 720 III 1-24-60 0930 32.18 31.83 6.45 6.50 NW 2 720 IV 1~24-60 1315 32.52 32.18 6.92 6.99 NW 2 730 II 1~23-60 1200 31.49 31.49 5.20 5.17 NW 5 730 III 1.:.23-60 1345 32.18 32.01 6.25 6.27 N\i 4 730 IV 1-24-60 1145 32.00 32.34 6.07 6.07 NW 3 Februar:l 1960 ·I CB-20 2-15-60 1310 19.98 20.34 4.42 4.72 NW 4 CB-10 2-iS-60 1415 19.45 19.98 4.48 4.32 NW 3 CB-0 2-iS-60 1530 20.34 21.56 4.60 4.42 NW 3 640 I 2-16-60 0815 28.19 29.74 5.46 6.58 w 3 640 II 2-1S~60 0945 29.40 30.95 5.70 6.40 w s 640 III 2-16-~60 1115 30.64 32.50 5.97 7.92 Calm 0 640 IV 2-16~60 1245 32.34 33.21 7.22 7.79 Calm 0 650 I 2-16~60 1905 25.41 30.26 4.85 5.45 Calm 0 650 II 2-16-60 1730 31.65 31.65 5.42 5.97 s 2 650 III 2-16-60 1545 31.47 31.65 6.55 6.45 650 IV 2-16-60 1415 31.83 32.34 6.89 6.99 Calm 0 700 I 2-16-60 2030 24.02 30.26 S.ll 5.74 s 2 _______ .