Forth Ranger FR0190
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Forth Ranger (74FR) |
| Cruise identifier | FR0190 |
| Cruise period | 1990-01-10 — 1990-01-11 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Port Edgar, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Port Edgar, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To deploy and maintain a current meter/transmissometer mooring.
2. To undertake chemical surveys of the Firth of Forth and Forth estuary. |
| Chief scientist | Philip W Balls (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.04 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Firth of Forth |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of stations = 1 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 10 Description: surface stations |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 10 Description: surface stations |
| Ammonia | Quantity: number of stations = 10 Description: surface stations |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 10 Description: surface stations |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Quantity: number of stations = 33 Description: 10 with surface only |
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of stations = 10 Description: surface stations |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of stations = 10 Description: surface stations |
| Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC) | Quantity: number of stations = 10 Description: surface stations |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | 56° 0' 0" N 3° 0' 0" W — laid nov 89 (2ACM AND H16x2) |
| Current meters | 56° 0' 0" N 3° 0' 0" W — laid nov 89 (2ACM AND H16x2) |
