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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for FRV Clupea (74CU) cruise 0599C

Introduction

This report collates information from the BODC cruise inventory and oceanographic databases. It presents

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name FRV Clupea (74CU) cruise 0599C
Short name 0599C
Objectives and Narrative 1. To collect sediment samples from Loch Torridon and other selected west coast sea lochs for fish farm chemical and PAH determination.
2. To obtain fish and shellfish samples to assess biological effects and investigate fish farm chemical residues from the sea lochs sampled in objective one.
3. To undertake benthic sampling at the sea lochs sampled in objective one.
4. To deploy current meters and undertake hydrographic surveys of Loch Torridon and one other of the sea lochs sampled in objective one.
Ship FRV Clupea
Departure Port Fraserburgh, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1999-04-01
Arrival Port Fraserburgh, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1999-04-13
Principal Scientist(s) J M Pirie (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory
Associated Project(s) AE 1153
IHB Sea Areas Visited Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
Marsden Squares Visited 181;4
Work Area Description Lochs Torridon, Diabeg and Shieldaig, Little Loch Broom, Loch A'Chairn Bhain
Unable to lookup cruise bounds at this time
Work Area Bounding Polygon
Southern Limit unknown
Northern Limit unknown
Western Limit unknown
Eastern Limit unknown

Cruise Inventory Datasets

Physical oceanography  
CTD stations Quantity: number of profiles = 20
Description:  
Surface measurements underway (T,S) Quantity: activity duration in days = 10
Description: Thermosalinograph, 01/04/99-11/04/99  
Contamination  
Bottom deposits Quantity: number of stations = 100
Description: sediment samples for organic contaminants  
Biology and fisheries  
Zoobenthos Quantity: number of stations = 80
Description: Benthos Sampling  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

Latitude Longitude Data type Description
57° 31' N 5° 39' W Current meters Deployed current meter mooring 07/04/99, Sontek @ 3m, Mooring No. 584
58° 15' N 5° 4' W Current meters Deployed current meter mooring 11/04/99, RCM-7 @ 7m, RCM-7 @ 30m, WLR-7 @ 40m, Mooring No. 582
57° 43' N 5° 40' W Current meters Deployed current meter mooring, 07/04/99 RCM-7 @ 34m, RCM-7 @ 10m, WLR-7 @ 39m, Mooring no. 583

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
20 CTD/STD cast Electrical conductivity of the water column
Reference numbers
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates

Note: Parameter terms are taken from the BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary XML (SKOS)

Full List

BODC Reference Instrument Description Date/Time Location  
530836 CTD/STD cast 1999-04-07 13:38Z 57° 31' N, 5° 39' W Click for more
530848 CTD/STD cast 1999-04-07 14:05Z 57° 31' N, 5° 40' W Click for more
530861 CTD/STD cast 1999-04-07 14:45Z 57° 32' N, 5° 40' W Click for more
530873 CTD/STD cast 1999-04-07 15:06Z 57° 33' N, 5° 41' W Click for more
530885 CTD/STD cast 1999-04-07 15:21Z 57° 33' N, 5° 42' W Click for more
530897 CTD/STD cast 1999-04-07 15:37Z 57° 33' N, 5° 43' W Click for more
530904 CTD/STD cast 1999-04-07 16:01Z 57° 34' N, 5° 41' W Click for more
530916 CTD/STD cast 1999-04-11 08:06Z 58° 15' N, 5° 2' W Click for more
530928 CTD/STD cast 1999-04-11 08:17Z 58° 15' N, 5° 2' W Click for more
530941 CTD/STD cast 1999-04-11 08:28Z 58° 15' N, 5° 3' W Click for more
530953 CTD/STD cast 1999-04-11 08:41Z 58° 15' N, 5° 3' W Click for more
530965 CTD/STD cast 1999-04-11 08:52Z 58° 15' N, 5° 4' W Click for more
530977 CTD/STD cast 1999-04-11 09:04Z 58° 15' N, 5° 5' W Click for more
530989 CTD/STD cast 1999-04-11 09:18Z 58° 16' N, 5° 5' W Click for more
530990 CTD/STD cast 1999-04-11 09:29Z 58° 16' N, 5° 6' W Click for more
531004 CTD/STD cast 1999-04-11 09:39Z 58° 16' N, 5° 6' W Click for more
531016 CTD/STD cast 1999-04-11 09:51Z 58° 16' N, 5° 7' W Click for more
531028 CTD/STD cast 1999-04-11 10:02Z 58° 16' N, 5° 7' W Click for more
531041 CTD/STD cast 1999-04-11 10:15Z 58° 16' N, 5° 9' W Click for more
531053 CTD/STD cast 1999-04-11 10:27Z 58° 16' N, 5° 10' W Click for more

Project Database

No data currently held for this cruise in the BODC Project Database

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