Cruise reports from the marine monitoring

Reports from SMHI's regular marine monitoring programme. Data presented in the reports have been subject to preliminary quality control procedures only.

Cruise report from KBV001 Poseidon week 42, 2012

A new agreement with the Swedish Coastguard meant that only the Swedish west coast and south western Baltic Proper (Arkona and Bornholm Basins) were sampled. In Skagerrak and Kattegat, nutrient conditions were normal for the season. In the south western parts of the Baltic Proper concentrations of...
Type: Reports, Cruise report from the marine monitoring, Oceanography
Author: Lars Andersson
Published: October 2012

Cruise report from KBV001 Poseidon week 37-38, 2012

A new agreement with the Swedish Coastguard meant that only the Swedish west coast and south western Baltic Proper (Arkona and Bornholm Basins) were sampled. In Skagerrak and Kattegat, nutrient conditions were normal for the season. In the south western parts of the Baltic Proper concentrations of...
Type: Reports, Cruise report from the marine monitoring, Oceanography
Author: Lars Andersson
Published: September 2012

Cruise report from KBV001 Poseidon week 34, 2012

In the Skagerrak and Kattegat, surface water temperatures were normal and sea surface salinity lower than normal in the north. Sea surface salinity was higher than normal in the Sound. Surface temperatures and salinities were normal for the time of year in the Baltic. Nutrient concentrations in surface...
Type: Reports, Cruise report from the marine monitoring, Oceanography
Author: Anna-Kerstin Thell
Published: August 2012

Cruise report from KBV001 Poseidon week 28, 2012

In the Skagerrak and Kattegat, surface water temperatures were normal and sea surface salinity lower than normal. Surface temperatures and salinities were normal for the time of year in the Baltic. Nutrient concentrations in surface waters were normal in most of the region, with the exception of silicate...
Type: Reports, Cruise report from the marine monitoring, Oceanography
Author: Anna-Kerstin Thell
Published: July 2012

Cruise report from KBV001 Poseidon week 19, 2012

In Skagerrak and Kattegat, nutrient conditions were normal for the season, with the exception of silicate, that in Kattegat showed elevated concentrations. In the Sound, both phosphate and silicate levels were much higher than normal. In the Baltic Proper concentrations of phosphate and silicate were...
Type: Reports, Cruise report from the marine monitoring, Oceanography
Author: Lars Andersson
Published: May 2012

Cruise report from KBV001 Poseidon week 15, 2012

In the Skagerrak and Kattegat, the situation was normal for the season. In the Sound, phosphate and silicate concentrations were much higher than normal. In the Baltic Proper the spring bloom was underway, but the concentrations of phosphate and silicate were still much higher than normal. The inflow...
Type: Reports, Cruise report from the marine monitoring, Oceanography
Author: Anna-Kerstin Thell
Published: April 2012

Cruise report from KBV001 Poseidon week 12, 2012

In Skagerrak and Kattegat the spring bloom was over and the amount of nutrients was low, which is normal for the season. In the Baltic Proper winter conditions prevailed. The concentrations of nitrite+nitrate were normal while the amount of phosphate still were elevated at all stations and much over...
Type: Reports, Cruise report from the marine monitoring, Oceanography
Author: Martin Hansson
Published: March 2012

Cruise report from KBV001 Poseidon week 9, 2012

In Skagerrak and the north Kattegat the spring bloom was ongoing and the amount of nutrients was low. The southern parts of the Kattegat and the Sound were influenced by outflowing winter water from the Baltic with high concentrations of nutrients. In the Baltic Proper winter conditions prevailed. The...
Type: Reports, Cruise report from the marine monitoring, Oceanography
Author: Martin Hansson
Published: March 2012

Cruise report from KBV001 Poseidon week 2, 2012

Surface water temperatures were higher than normal in parts of the Baltic Proper. Concentrations of inorganic nitrogen were mainly normal, with the exception of some areas in Skagerrak were they were somewhat elevated. Phosphate values were normal in Skagerrak and Kattegat but higher than normal in the...
Type: Reports, Cruise report from the marine monitoring, Oceanography
Author: Lars Andersson
Published: January 2012

Cruise report from KBV001 Poseidon

Most parameters showed values typical for the season, except phosphate and silicate that showed elevated concentrations in some parts of the Baltic Proper. Oxygen concentrations below 2 ml/l were observed at depths exceeding 50 to 80 metres in the main part of the Baltic Proper and from 125 metres...
Type: Reports, Cruise report from the marine monitoring, Oceanography
Author: Lars Andersson
Published: December 2011