FRV Goldseeker 9/83
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Goldseeker (74GO) |
| Cruise identifier | 9/83 |
| Cruise period | 1983-08-22 — 1983-09-06 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) Collection of sediment for chemical analysis between Grangemouth and Aberlady
2) Collection of water and suspended matter for heavy metal analysis. 3) Investigation of the accumulation of cadium by invertibrates to the east of Leith. 4) Collection of fish and shellfish for Joint Monitoring programme, and other monitoring projects. 5) Collection of a water sample for radio-caesium analysis off Arbroath 56°32' N, 20°20' W. |
| Chief scientist | Ian M Davies (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.04 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Firth of Forth |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 4 Description: surface only |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Trace elements | Quantity: number of stations = 4 |
| Radioactivity | Description: radio-caesium |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Quantity: number of stations = 4 |
| Bottom deposits | Quantity: number of samples = 40 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 4 |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of stations = 4 |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 40 Description: chemical analysis of sediments |
