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FRV Clupea 0690C_1
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
Cruise identifier | 0690C_1 |
Cruise period | 1990-05-18 — 1990-05-22 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Troon, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. Sampling of demersal fish and benthic invertebrates by both trap and bottom trawling at Garroch Head and other sites in the Clyde Estuary for physiological investigations and determination of inorganic and organic contaminants.
2. Sampling of fish for Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) required analyses. 3. Sampling of zooplankton in the general Clyde area. 4. Transport of live biota samples to holding tanks at Millport for physiological testing. |
Chief scientist | A G Kelly (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 | Firth of Clyde |
Measurements | |
Contamination | |
Suspended matter | Description: sewage |
Trace metals | |
Other dissolved substances | |
Other contaminant measurements | Description: explosives dumping |
Biology and fisheries | |
Zooplankton | Description: tows |
Demersal fish | Description: fish traps and trawls |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: responses of fish to contaminents |
Geology and geophysics | |
Grab |