FRV Clupea 0175C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0175C |
| Cruise period | 1975-02-13 — 1975-02-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. Pollution and hydrographic survey studies of the Cromarty Firth and nearby offshore area.
2. Pollution and hydrographic studies near Flotta. 3. Field trials of deck recording depth-flowmeter. 4. JONSIS hydrographic line. 5. Collection of water in the Firth of Clyde. |
| Chief scientist | James A Adams (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Clyde, Cromarty Firth and Kirkwall area |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 123 |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 8 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 123 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 116 |
| Ammonia | Quantity: number of stations = 54 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 80 |
| Contamination | |
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of stations = 14 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 10 |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 15 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 29 Description: monitoring,description of communities |
