Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
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Cruise identifier | 4/83 |
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Cruise period | 1983-04-28 — 1983-05-12 |
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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 deploy and recover at the end of the cruise seven current meters and sedimentation trap moorings in the vicinity of Beryl and Brent Production Platforms
2) To collect samples of sediment material in the vicinity of these Production Platforms for hydrocarbon analysis
3) To work the JONSIS line and other hydrographical sections in the North Sea
4) To deploy cadged queens at Sullom Voe
The ship sailed to Lerwick on the 04/05/1983 to disembark Mr P Mackie and pick up equipment, which took 4 hours. Bad weather prevented renewed hydrographic work. |
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Chief scientist | J H Anthony Martin (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (1.56 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea Norwegian Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Specific | Yell Sound, Sullom Voe |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: 1 |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 41 |
Current meters | Quantity: 2 Description: No. of c.m.recovered;6 days |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Phosphate | Quantity: 12 |
Nitrate | Quantity: 41 |
Silicate | Quantity: 12 |
Contamination | |
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Suspended matter | Quantity: 14 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 41 |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: 14 Description: hydrocarbon concentration |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: 8 Description: Taste panel queens (Sullom voe) |