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2 Hydrography 
2.a Permanent stations (G.A, Becker) 
The two, circa 24-hour, permanent stations made 
during the second cycle were intended to support 
the Fisheries biological programme, A CTD probe 
(Bisett-Berman) was put in operation and chemical 
samples were taken from the 12 water samplers 
(see page 15), The profiler (measurement equipment 
for recording vertical current profiles, Type: 
Aanderaa) was also put in operation, The hydrographi- 
cal measurements could only be carried out with four- 
hourly intervals betweenz3 so that the temporal reso- 
lution is insufficient for physical investigations, 
Temperature (T), salinity (S), density (64) , silicate 
(Si), and phosphate (P) for the permanent stations 
119 and 132 are shown in Figs, 8a to 8e, and 9a to 9e. 
Further permanent station measurements (Station 300) 
were carried out at the position = 62°58,0' N, 
A= 9°27' W during the period from 19.30 h GMT on 
1.9.1973 to 23.15 h GMT on 2.9.1973 (Fig. 10a to 10d), 
This station was previously held by RV "Meteor", 
A Bissett-Berman CTD probe and a Howaldt bathysonde 
were operated alternately at two-hourly interval1s. 
The use of different measurement systems led to diffi- 
culties in the evaluation of the salinity, This indi- 
cated that the Howaldt bathysonde systematically re- 
gistered salinities which were too high, whereby the 
error was dependent upon the salinity itself. 
Incorrect measurements obtained during this cruise 
are presumably due to unsuitable electronic units 
which were fitted on board when the equipment was 
repaired. 
A mean correcti1on For the bathysonde 
was computed by a correlation of the whole of the 
material from this permanent station;z the oscillatinez