BODC Cruise Metadata Report for FRV Alba Na Mara (74NM) cruise 1409A
Introduction
This report collates information from the BODC cruise inventory and oceanographic databases. It presents
- Cruise Inventory Information
- A summary of BODC data holdings for the cruise from the
- References - including cruise tracks and cruise reports
Cruise Inventory Information
| Long name | FRV Alba Na Mara (74NM) cruise 1409A |
|---|---|
| Short name | 1409A |
| Objectives and Narrative |
Objectives
1. To collect water column hydrographic data from approximately 20 sea lochs in the North Minch and Voes in Shetland to provide validation / forcing data for models of fish farming carrying capacity. 2. To deploy passive samplers for hydrophobic contaminants (silicone rubber) and algal toxins (SPATT bags) at key locations around Shetland and the Western Isles, including an auto-sampling buoy in Busta Voe. 3. Attempt to locate Alexandrium dinoflagellates in Shetland waters using rosette and plankton net sampling and deploy passive samplers (resin bags) locally to sample algal toxins. 4. To continuously monitor T&S and chlorophyll a in surface waters and surface irradiance during the cruise. 5. Complete the CSEMP 2009 benthos sampling North of Bressay Sound that was missed by Scotia in January. Narrative After loading on 21 August, scientific staff boarded the vessel on 26 August and made passage for Shetland, arriving off St Magnus Bay on the morning of 27 August. A transect of 6 CTD and plankton sampling stations was conducted working into St Magnus Bay, followed by 3 stations in Swarbacks Minn and Busta Voe. Following communication with collaborating shellfish farm company Blue Shell Marine a location was agreed for deployment of the Autosampler mooring and it was deployed from the Alba na Mara on the West side of Busta Voe. Alba na Mara then anchored overnight in Busta Voe. The following morning hydrographic and plankton sampling was completed in Olna Firth and two moorings were deployed in the area with SPATT passive sampling bags attached at different depths. These were deployed adjacent to the Park Gate shellfish farm and near the entrance to the Voe on the North side. Passage was then made to Vaila Sound, but increasing W winds meant that the narrow confines of the Sound were unworkable, so Gruting Voe was surveyed by CTD and plankton samples instead. Due to a worsening forecast, Alba na Ma |
| Ship | FRV Alba Na Mara |
| Departure Port | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Departure Date | 2009-08-26 |
| Arrival Port | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Arrival Date | 2009-09-11 |
| Principal Scientist(s) | Matt Gubbins (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Responsible Organisation | Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory |
| Associated Project(s) | AE11q; AE11s |
| IHB Sea Areas Visited | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland, North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Marsden Squares Visited | 181;3/181;4/217;1 |
| Work Area Description | Sea lochs bordering the Minch and Shetland Voes. |
| 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
No information on datasets is currently available for this cruise
Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations
No information on datasets is currently available
Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise
National Oceanographic Database
Summary
| # Series | Instrument Description | Parameters |
|---|---|---|
| 81 | CTD/STD cast |
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column Electrical conductivity of the water column Reference numbers Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column |
Note: Parameter terms are taken from the BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary XML (SKOS)
Full List
| BODC Reference | Instrument Description | Date/Time | Location | |
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| 1031242 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-27 06:46Z | 60° 28' N, 1° 55' W | Click for more |
| 1031254 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-27 07:49Z | 60° 25' N, 1° 45' W | Click for more |
| 1031266 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-27 08:44Z | 60° 24' N, 1° 37' W | Click for more |
| 1031278 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-27 09:21Z | 60° 22' N, 1° 33' W | Click for more |
| 1031291 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-27 10:06Z | 60° 21' N, 1° 28' W | Click for more |
| 1031309 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-27 11:02Z | 60° 20' N, 1° 25' W | Click for more |
| 1031310 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-27 13:05Z | 60° 22' N, 1° 22' W | Click for more |
| 1031322 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-27 13:25Z | 60° 22' N, 1° 21' W | Click for more |
| 1031334 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-27 13:52Z | 60° 23' N, 1° 21' W | Click for more |
| 1031346 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-28 06:41Z | 60° 21' N, 1° 21' W | Click for more |
| 1031358 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-28 06:59Z | 60° 22' N, 1° 19' W | Click for more |
| 1031371 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-28 07:21Z | 60° 22' N, 1° 18' W | Click for more |
| 1031383 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-28 11:41Z | 60° 10' N, 1° 36' W | Click for more |
| 1031395 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-28 12:28Z | 60° 12' N, 1° 31' W | Click for more |
| 1031402 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-28 12:55Z | 60° 13' N, 1° 31' W | Click for more |
| 1031414 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-31 08:22Z | 60° 10' N, 1° 33' W | Click for more |
| 1031426 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-31 08:55Z | 60° 12' N, 1° 34' W | Click for more |
| 1031438 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-31 09:25Z | 60° 13' N, 1° 33' W | Click for more |
| 1031451 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-31 10:06Z | 60° 12' N, 1° 31' W | Click for more |
| 1031463 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-31 10:22Z | 60° 13' N, 1° 30' W | Click for more |
| 1031475 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-31 13:56Z | 60° 12' N, 1° 21' W | Click for more |
| 1031487 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-31 14:24Z | 60° 13' N, 1° 22' W | Click for more |
| 1031499 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-31 14:39Z | 60° 14' N, 1° 22' W | Click for more |
| 1031506 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-31 16:37Z | 60° 2' N, 1° 23' W | Click for more |
| 1031518 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-31 17:18Z | 60° 3' N, 1° 18' W | Click for more |
| 1031531 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-08-31 17:52Z | 60° 7' N, 1° 16' W | Click for more |
| 1031543 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-01 13:09Z | 60° 18' N, 1° 1' W | Click for more |
| 1031555 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-01 13:44Z | 60° 20' N, 1° 7' W | Click for more |
| 1031567 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-01 14:50Z | 60° 28' N, 1° 1' W | Click for more |
| 1031579 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-01 15:38Z | 60° 25' N, 1° 8' W | Click for more |
| 1031580 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-01 17:01Z | 60° 35' N, 0° 57' W | Click for more |
| 1031592 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-01 17:40Z | 60° 37' N, 1° 1' W | Click for more |
| 1031611 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-01 18:03Z | 60° 39' N, 1° 3' W | Click for more |
| 1031623 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-02 09:23Z | 60° 35' N, 1° 30' W | Click for more |
| 1031635 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-02 11:10Z | 60° 28' N, 1° 54' W | Click for more |
| 1031647 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-02 12:06Z | 60° 25' N, 1° 45' W | Click for more |
| 1031659 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-02 12:50Z | 60° 24' N, 1° 37' W | Click for more |
| 1031660 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-02 13:23Z | 60° 22' N, 1° 33' W | Click for more |
| 1031672 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-02 14:03Z | 60° 21' N, 1° 28' W | Click for more |
| 1031684 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-02 15:25Z | 60° 22' N, 1° 18' W | Click for more |
| 1031696 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-02 16:25Z | 60° 22' N, 1° 21' W | Click for more |
| 1031703 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-02 17:01Z | 60° 20' N, 1° 25' W | Click for more |
| 1031715 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-04 13:15Z | 57° 55' N, 5° 28' W | Click for more |
| 1031727 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-04 14:07Z | 57° 53' N, 5° 21' W | Click for more |
| 1031739 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-04 14:37Z | 57° 52' N, 5° 17' W | Click for more |
| 1031740 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-04 16:43Z | 57° 54' N, 5° 42' W | Click for more |
| 1031752 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-04 17:27Z | 57° 51' N, 5° 39' W | Click for more |
| 1031764 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-04 17:53Z | 57° 49' N, 5° 37' W | Click for more |
| 1031776 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-05 09:28Z | 57° 38' N, 5° 52' W | Click for more |
| 1031788 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-05 10:32Z | 57° 34' N, 5° 45' W | Click for more |
| 1031807 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-05 11:40Z | 57° 33' N, 5° 35' W | Click for more |
| 1031819 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-05 13:46Z | 57° 31' N, 5° 57' W | Click for more |
| 1031820 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-05 16:13Z | 57° 16' N, 6° 3' W | Click for more |
| 1031832 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-05 16:29Z | 57° 17' N, 6° 2' W | Click for more |
| 1031844 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-05 16:50Z | 57° 19' N, 6° 2' W | Click for more |
| 1031856 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-06 06:16Z | 57° 23' N, 5° 38' W | Click for more |
| 1031868 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-06 06:43Z | 57° 22' N, 5° 40' W | Click for more |
| 1031881 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-06 07:46Z | 57° 18' N, 5° 49' W | Click for more |
| 1031893 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-06 08:56Z | 57° 15' N, 5° 37' W | Click for more |
| 1031900 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-06 09:49Z | 57° 15' N, 5° 30' W | Click for more |
| 1031912 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-06 10:20Z | 57° 14' N, 5° 27' W | Click for more |
| 1031924 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-06 12:07Z | 57° 8' N, 5° 44' W | Click for more |
| 1031936 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-06 12:51Z | 57° 7' N, 5° 37' W | Click for more |
| 1031948 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-06 13:33Z | 57° 6' N, 5° 33' W | Click for more |
| 1031961 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-06 16:04Z | 56° 59' N, 5° 40' W | Click for more |
| 1031973 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-06 16:35Z | 57° 1' N, 5° 42' W | Click for more |
| 1031985 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-06 17:18Z | 57° 1' N, 5° 48' W | Click for more |
| 1031997 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-07 14:20Z | 57° 19' N, 6° 4' W | Click for more |
| 1032000 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-07 14:37Z | 57° 19' N, 6° 5' W | Click for more |
| 1032012 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-07 15:28Z | 57° 25' N, 6° 7' W | Click for more |
| 1032024 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-07 16:30Z | 57° 24' N, 6° 10' W | Click for more |
| 1032036 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-07 16:45Z | 57° 24' N, 6° 9' W | Click for more |
| 1032048 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-09 10:33Z | 57° 33' N, 6° 26' W | Click for more |
| 1032061 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-09 11:30Z | 57° 30' N, 6° 21' W | Click for more |
| 1032073 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-09 11:48Z | 57° 31' N, 6° 22' W | Click for more |
| 1032085 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-09 12:16Z | 57° 31' N, 6° 25' W | Click for more |
| 1032097 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-09 12:43Z | 57° 30' N, 6° 25' W | Click for more |
| 1032104 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-09 13:05Z | 57° 30' N, 6° 25' W | Click for more |
| 1032116 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-10 05:45Z | 58° 31' N, 4° 38' W | Click for more |
| 1032128 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-10 06:19Z | 58° 29' N, 4° 41' W | Click for more |
| 1032141 | CTD/STD cast | 2009-09-10 07:24Z | 58° 35' N, 4° 37' W | Click for more |
Project Database
No data currently held for this cruise in the BODC Project Database
