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FRV Clupea 0777C_1
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
Cruise identifier | 0777C_1 |
Cruise period | 1977-05-16 — 1977-05-20 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Leith, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. Measurement of currents in Firth of Forth area using moored recording current meters.
2. Environmental stationwork in the Firth of Forth. 3. Sampling of water, particulate and plankton in inner and outer Forth estuary for trace metal and pesticide analysis. |
Chief scientist | D J Basford (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), J M Pirie (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.13 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 41 |
Current meters | Quantity: number of stations = 1 Description: 90 days;recovery of moorings laid on Clupea (GYWG) cr.2.See ICES Ref.No.77.74.068 |
Chemical oceanography | |
Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 41 |
Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 41 |
Total - N | Quantity: number of stations = 39 |
Ammonia | Quantity: number of stations = 39 |
Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 41 |
Contamination | |
Chlorinated hydrocarbons | Quantity: number of stations = 9 |
Biology and fisheries | |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 41 Description: monitoring & surveillance |
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of samples = 82 |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 12 Description: population studies |
Benthic bacteria/micro-organisms | Quantity: number of stations = 13 Description: population studies |
Geology and geophysics | |
Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 13 |
Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of samples = 13 Description: chemical analysis |
Bottom photography |