RV Aora AO0889
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Aora (74AO) |
| Cruise identifier | AO0889 |
| Cruise period | 1989-08-03 — 1989-08-07 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Millport, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Millport, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Aora (DAFS charter) - Investigate plankton metabolic rates; sampling; hydrographic data |
| Chief scientist | Douglas Baird (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.05 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Loch Linnhe/Firth of Lorne |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Nitrate | Quantity: 3 |
| Ammonia | Quantity: 3 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 3 |
| Eggs and larvae |
