Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
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Cruise identifier | 4/76 |
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Cruise period | 1976-03-29 — 1976-04-02 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Methil, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. The collection of water and plankton samples at stations on the standard Firth of Forth sampling grid.
2. Collection of water samples for mercury analysis.
3. Collection of live zooplankton.
4. Collection of large volume water samples for organo-chlorine compound analysis.
5. The provision of the Forth R P B with water samples. |
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Chief scientist | Ian M Davies (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.07 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | Firth of Forth |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 31 |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Phosphate | Quantity: number of samples = 129 |
Nitrate | Quantity: number of samples = 128 |
Total - N | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
Ammonia | Quantity: number of stations = 31 |
Silicate | Quantity: number of samples = 129 |
Contamination | |
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Trace metals | Description: mercury analysis |
Chlorinated hydrocarbons | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 31 |
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of samples = 56 |
Zooplankton | |