Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
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Cruise identifier | 8/77 |
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Cruise period | 1977-09-06 — 1977-09-28 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1) To carry out herring larval surveys off the west coast of Scotland and the North and west coasts of Ireland
2) To lay current meters
''Explorer'' docked in Stornoway on the 16/09/1977 till the 17/09/1977. |
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Chief scientist | George McPherson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Project | Herring Larvae Survey |
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Cruise report | (1.44 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
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Specific | Off Barra Head and Tory Island, Moray Firth, Tiumpan Head, Cape Wrath, Butt of Lewis, W of Lewis, North Minch, Whiten Head |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 45 |
Current meters | Quantity: 2 Description: 60 days |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Primary productivity | Quantity: 25 |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 25 |
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: 50 |
Zooplankton | Quantity: 222 |