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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for FRV Alba Na Mara (74NM) cruise 1709A

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name FRV Alba Na Mara (74NM) cruise 1709A
Short name 1709A
Objectives and Narrative Objectives

1. To collect water column hydrographic data from approximately 20 sea lochs from the West Coast and Western Isles to provide validation / forcing data for models of fish farming carrying capacity.

2. To collect (2) and deploy (6) passive samplers for hydrophobic contaminants (silicone rubber) on moorings at key locations adjacent to shellfish farms in sea lochs of the West Coast.

3. Service Long Term Monitoring equipment in Loch Maddy (and possibly Ewe / Torridon) as required.

4. To continuously monitor T&S and chlorophyll a in surface waters and surface irradiance during the cruise.

Procedure

Final loading and boarding of scientific staff will take place on 22 October in Fraserburgh and passage made to Loch Eriboll to commence survey work. Hydrographic surveys will be limited to the West coast / Western Isles and will include surveys of lochs South of Mull. No work in Shetland is planned.

Within each loch, hydrographic sampling by CTD/Rosette will be undertaken at
2 stations and a further station will be sampled in the open sea outside each loch. The parameters measured at each station will be:

Nutrients
CTD
Chlorophyll a
Dissolved oxygen
Transmission and optical properties: PAR, CDOM and SPM

For stations in sea lochs that Alba na Mara cannot access, the workboat Proteus will be launched to undertake the required survey work.

Silicone rubber-based passive samplers will be recovered from moorings in Lochs Eriboll and Greshornish. Six further samplers will be deployed during the cruise at locations in mainland sea lochs to be decided.

Long Term Monitoring Equipment in Loch Maddy will be replaced by scientific staff using the Proteus workboat to access the pier.

Following the completion of survey work on the West coast, the Alba na Mara will make for Greenock for unloading.

Normal contacts will be maintained with the laboratory.
Ship FRV Alba Na Mara
Departure Port Fraserburgh, United Kingdom
Departure Date 2009-10-22
Arrival Port Greenock, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 2009-11-04
Principal Scientist(s) Matt Gubbins (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory
Associated Project(s) AE11s
IHB Sea Areas Visited Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
Marsden Squares Visited 181;4
Work Area Description Sea lochs on the West Coast of Scotland and Western Isles.
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
69 CTD/STD cast Electrical conductivity of the water column
Reference numbers
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
79 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
2 CTD/STD cast Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Reference numbers
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
2 CTD/STD cast 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
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  
1032153 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-30 14:18Z 57° 50' N, 6° 19' W Click for more
1032165 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-30 17:04Z 57° 33' N, 6° 26' W Click for more
1032177 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-31 07:49Z 57° 31' N, 6° 22' W Click for more
1032189 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-31 08:08Z 57° 30' N, 6° 20' W Click for more
1032190 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-31 08:38Z 57° 31' N, 6° 25' W Click for more
1032208 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-31 09:04Z 57° 30' N, 6° 24' W Click for more
1032221 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-31 09:31Z 57° 30' N, 6° 25' W Click for more
1032233 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-31 15:54Z 57° 20' N, 5° 43' W Click for more
1032245 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-31 16:53Z 57° 22' N, 5° 38' W Click for more
1032257 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-31 17:15Z 57° 23' N, 5° 37' W Click for more
1032269 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-01 08:28Z 57° 15' N, 5° 37' W Click for more
1032270 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-01 10:10Z 57° 14' N, 5° 27' W Click for more
1032282 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-01 10:38Z 57° 15' N, 5° 30' W Click for more
1032294 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-01 13:07Z 57° 6' N, 5° 33' W Click for more
1032301 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-01 13:40Z 57° 7' N, 5° 37' W Click for more
1032313 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-01 14:21Z 57° 7' N, 5° 43' W Click for more
1032325 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-01 15:55Z 56° 58' N, 5° 39' W Click for more
1032337 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-01 17:13Z 57° 0' N, 5° 42' W Click for more
1032349 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-01 18:00Z 57° 1' N, 5° 51' W Click for more
1032350 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-01 19:31Z 56° 51' N, 6° 1' W Click for more
1032362 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-02 07:34Z 56° 31' N, 5° 27' W Click for more
1032374 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-03 10:18Z 55° 49' N, 5° 10' W Click for more
1032386 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-03 11:17Z 55° 55' N, 5° 11' W Click for more
1032398 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-03 12:04Z 55° 57' N, 5° 11' W Click for more
1032405 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-03 12:19Z 55° 56' N, 5° 11' W Click for more
1032417 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-03 15:13Z 55° 51' N, 5° 2' W Click for more
1032429 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-03 15:51Z 55° 55' N, 5° 4' W Click for more
1032430 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-03 16:19Z 55° 57' N, 5° 4' W Click for more
1032442 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-03 16:43Z 55° 58' N, 5° 6' W Click for more
1032454 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-03 19:00Z 55° 58' N, 4° 46' W Click for more
1032466 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-24 07:58Z 58° 29' N, 4° 41' W Click for more
1032478 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-24 08:45Z 58° 31' N, 4° 38' W Click for more
1032491 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-24 09:19Z 58° 35' N, 4° 37' W Click for more
1032509 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-24 12:16Z 58° 27' N, 5° 9' W Click for more
1032510 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-24 12:56Z 58° 27' N, 5° 3' W Click for more
1032522 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-24 13:19Z 58° 27' N, 5° 1' W Click for more
1032534 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-24 14:37Z 58° 24' N, 5° 6' W Click for more
1032546 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-24 15:05Z 58° 24' N, 5° 4' W Click for more
1032558 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-24 16:02Z 58° 26' N, 5° 11' W Click for more
1032571 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-25 07:50Z 58° 18' N, 5° 15' W Click for more
1032583 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-25 08:49Z 58° 15' N, 5° 3' W Click for more
1032595 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-25 12:41Z 58° 15' N, 4° 58' W Click for more
1032602 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-25 17:15Z 57° 58' N, 5° 20' W Click for more
1032614 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-26 08:31Z 57° 54' N, 5° 21' W Click for more
1032626 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-26 09:43Z 57° 52' N, 5° 17' W Click for more
1032638 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-26 10:53Z 57° 55' N, 5° 28' W Click for more
1032651 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-26 12:12Z 57° 54' N, 5° 42' W Click for more
1032663 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-26 13:13Z 57° 48' N, 5° 37' W Click for more
1032675 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-26 13:48Z 57° 51' N, 5° 39' W Click for more
1032687 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-27 11:00Z 57° 33' N, 5° 35' W Click for more
1032699 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-27 11:57Z 57° 34' N, 5° 45' W Click for more
1032706 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-27 12:56Z 57° 36' N, 5° 54' W Click for more
1032718 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-27 15:03Z 57° 25' N, 6° 7' W Click for more
1032731 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-27 15:33Z 57° 24' N, 6° 9' W Click for more
1032743 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-27 15:48Z 57° 24' N, 6° 10' W Click for more
1032755 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-27 17:04Z 57° 16' N, 6° 2' W Click for more
1032767 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-27 17:18Z 57° 17' N, 6° 1' W Click for more
1032779 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-27 17:35Z 57° 18' N, 6° 1' W Click for more
1032780 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-28 11:12Z 57° 37' N, 6° 50' W Click for more
1032792 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-28 12:38Z 57° 36' N, 7° 6' W Click for more
1032811 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-28 12:57Z 57° 36' N, 7° 8' W Click for more
1032823 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-28 13:17Z 57° 36' N, 7° 4' W Click for more
1032835 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 09:30Z 57° 51' N, 6° 44' W Click for more
1032847 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 09:54Z 57° 53' N, 6° 46' W Click for more
1032859 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 10:42Z 57° 49' N, 6° 38' W Click for more
1032860 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 11:20Z 57° 52' N, 6° 35' W Click for more
1032872 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 12:48Z 58° 0' N, 6° 43' W Click for more
1032884 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 13:22Z 57° 57' N, 6° 42' W Click for more
1032896 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 14:27Z 57° 57' N, 6° 37' W Click for more
1032903 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 14:45Z 57° 55' N, 6° 36' W Click for more
1032915 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 15:21Z 57° 55' N, 6° 31' W Click for more
1032927 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 15:37Z 57° 56' N, 6° 32' W Click for more
1032939 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 16:31Z 58° 0' N, 6° 27' W Click for more
1032940 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 17:26Z 58° 0' N, 6° 31' W Click for more
1032952 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-30 07:48Z 57° 58' N, 6° 24' W Click for more
1032964 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-30 08:40Z 58° 3' N, 6° 19' W Click for more
1032976 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-30 09:19Z 58° 2' N, 6° 22' W Click for more
1032988 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-30 09:39Z 58° 2' N, 6° 24' W Click for more
1033003 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-30 10:24Z 58° 6' N, 6° 19' W Click for more
1033015 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-30 10:54Z 58° 7' N, 6° 25' W Click for more
1033027 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-30 11:12Z 58° 7' N, 6° 26' W Click for more
1033039 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-30 11:37Z 58° 6' N, 6° 27' W Click for more
1033040 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-30 11:50Z 58° 6' N, 6° 28' W Click for more
1033052 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-24 16:02Z 58° 26' N, 5° 11' W Click for more
1033064 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-26 09:43Z 57° 52' N, 5° 17' W Click for more
1033076 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-26 10:53Z 57° 55' N, 5° 28' W Click for more
1033088 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-26 12:12Z 57° 54' N, 5° 42' W Click for more
1033107 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-26 13:13Z 57° 48' N, 5° 37' W Click for more
1033119 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-26 13:48Z 57° 51' N, 5° 39' W Click for more
1033120 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-27 11:00Z 57° 33' N, 5° 35' W Click for more
1033132 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-27 11:57Z 57° 34' N, 5° 45' W Click for more
1033144 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-27 12:56Z 57° 36' N, 5° 54' W Click for more
1033156 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-27 15:03Z 57° 25' N, 6° 7' W Click for more
1033168 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-27 15:33Z 57° 24' N, 6° 9' W Click for more
1033181 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-27 15:48Z 57° 24' N, 6° 10' W Click for more
1033193 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-27 17:04Z 57° 16' N, 6° 2' W Click for more
1033200 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-27 17:18Z 57° 17' N, 6° 1' W Click for more
1033212 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-27 17:35Z 57° 18' N, 6° 1' W Click for more
1033224 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-28 12:38Z 57° 36' N, 7° 6' W Click for more
1033236 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-28 12:57Z 57° 36' N, 7° 8' W Click for more
1033248 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-28 13:17Z 57° 36' N, 7° 4' W Click for more
1033261 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 09:30Z 57° 51' N, 6° 44' W Click for more
1033273 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 09:54Z 57° 53' N, 6° 46' W Click for more
1033285 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 10:42Z 57° 49' N, 6° 38' W Click for more
1033297 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 11:20Z 57° 52' N, 6° 35' W Click for more
1033304 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 12:48Z 58° 0' N, 6° 43' W Click for more
1033316 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 13:22Z 57° 57' N, 6° 42' W Click for more
1033328 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 14:27Z 57° 57' N, 6° 37' W Click for more
1033341 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 14:45Z 57° 55' N, 6° 36' W Click for more
1033353 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 15:21Z 57° 55' N, 6° 31' W Click for more
1033365 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 15:37Z 57° 56' N, 6° 32' W Click for more
1033377 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 16:31Z 58° 0' N, 6° 27' W Click for more
1033389 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-29 17:26Z 58° 0' N, 6° 31' W Click for more
1033390 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-30 07:48Z 57° 58' N, 6° 24' W Click for more
1033408 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-30 08:40Z 58° 3' N, 6° 19' W Click for more
1033421 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-30 09:19Z 58° 2' N, 6° 22' W Click for more
1033433 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-30 09:39Z 58° 2' N, 6° 24' W Click for more
1033445 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-30 10:24Z 58° 6' N, 6° 19' W Click for more
1033457 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-30 10:54Z 58° 7' N, 6° 25' W Click for more
1033469 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-30 11:12Z 58° 7' N, 6° 26' W Click for more
1033470 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-30 11:37Z 58° 6' N, 6° 27' W Click for more
1033482 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-30 11:50Z 58° 6' N, 6° 28' W Click for more
1033494 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-30 14:18Z 57° 50' N, 6° 19' W Click for more
1033501 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-30 17:04Z 57° 33' N, 6° 26' W Click for more
1033513 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-31 07:49Z 57° 31' N, 6° 22' W Click for more
1033525 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-31 08:08Z 57° 30' N, 6° 20' W Click for more
1033537 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-31 08:38Z 57° 31' N, 6° 25' W Click for more
1033549 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-31 09:04Z 57° 30' N, 6° 24' W Click for more
1033550 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-31 09:31Z 57° 30' N, 6° 25' W Click for more
1033562 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-31 15:54Z 57° 20' N, 5° 43' W Click for more
1033574 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-31 16:53Z 57° 22' N, 5° 38' W Click for more
1033586 CTD/STD cast 2009-10-31 17:15Z 57° 23' N, 5° 37' W Click for more
1033598 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-01 08:28Z 57° 15' N, 5° 37' W Click for more
1033605 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-01 10:10Z 57° 14' N, 5° 27' W Click for more
1033617 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-01 10:38Z 57° 15' N, 5° 30' W Click for more
1033629 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-01 13:07Z 57° 6' N, 5° 33' W Click for more
1033630 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-01 13:40Z 57° 7' N, 5° 37' W Click for more
1033642 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-01 14:21Z 57° 7' N, 5° 43' W Click for more
1033654 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-01 15:55Z 56° 58' N, 5° 39' W Click for more
1033666 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-01 17:13Z 57° 0' N, 5° 42' W Click for more
1033678 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-01 18:00Z 57° 1' N, 5° 51' W Click for more
1033691 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-01 19:31Z 56° 51' N, 6° 1' W Click for more
1033709 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-02 07:34Z 56° 31' N, 5° 27' W Click for more
1033710 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-03 10:18Z 55° 49' N, 5° 10' W Click for more
1033722 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-03 11:17Z 55° 55' N, 5° 11' W Click for more
1033734 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-03 12:04Z 55° 57' N, 5° 11' W Click for more
1033746 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-03 12:19Z 55° 56' N, 5° 11' W Click for more
1033758 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-03 15:13Z 55° 51' N, 5° 2' W Click for more
1033771 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-03 15:51Z 55° 55' N, 5° 4' W Click for more
1033783 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-03 16:19Z 55° 57' N, 5° 4' W Click for more
1033795 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-03 16:43Z 55° 58' N, 5° 6' W Click for more
1033802 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-03 19:00Z 55° 58' N, 4° 46' W Click for more

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