Forth Ranger FR0590
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Forth Ranger (74FR) |
| Cruise identifier | FR0590 |
| Cruise period | 1990-05-09 — 1990-05-11 |
| 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 | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 26 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | |
| Nitrate | |
| Ammonia | |
| Silicate | |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Quantity: number of stations = 34 Description: 8 with surface only |
| Trace metals | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | |
| Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC) |
