FRV Mara 13/76
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 13/76 |
| Cruise period | 1976-11-23 — 1976-11-25 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To collect water and plankton samples at the standard Firth of Forth sampling grid stations.
2. To measure temperature and salinity over a total cycle at two stations between lines A and B in approximately 30m of water. |
| Chief scientist | R James Shepherd (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.05 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Firth of Forth |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 29 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 29 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 29 |
| Total - N | Quantity: number of stations = 29 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 29 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 29 |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of stations = 29 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 11 |
