Aquila AQ0188
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Aquila (74GC) |
| Cruise identifier | AQ0188 |
| Cruise period | 1988-01-05 — 1988-01-12 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lerwick, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lerwick, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. To investigate the distribution, biology and behaviour of sandeels in Shetland waters.
2. To collect measurements of sea temperature and salinity. |
| Chief scientist | J A Gauld (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: 3 Description: water temperature and salinity measurements. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 Description: vertical hauls made to determine the availability of potential food species for A. marinus. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 8 Description: trawls to determine predation of sandeels. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Quantity: number of hauls = 16 Description: Dredges for sandeels |
