FRV Clupea 1693C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 1693C |
| Cruise period | 1993-08-30 — 1993-09-07 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Dundee, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To collect seawater samples from the St Abb's Head and Bell Rock sewage sludge disposal sites, and from areas adjacent to the sites, for microbiological analysis on FRV Clupea.
2. To collect seawater samples from the St Abb's Head and Bell Rock sewage sludge disposal sites, and from areas adjacent to the sites, for measurement of suspended solids. 3. To undertake transmissometer/CTD profiles at all sampling stations, to supplement the seawater sampling programme. 4. To collect seabed sediment samples from the St Abb's Head and Bell Rock sewage sludge disposal sites, and from areas adjacent to the sites, for particle size and heavy metal analyses in the Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen. 5. To collect seabed sediment samples from the St Abb's Head and Bell Rock sewage sludge disposal sites, and from areas adjacent to the sites, for microbiological analysis on FRV Clupea. 6. To undertake trawl surveys at the St Abb's Head and Bell Rock sewage sludge disposal sites, and at adjacent control locations, to collect samples of representative species for heavy metal analyses in the Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen. 7. To collect seabed sediment samples from dredge spoil disposal sites within the Firth of Tay and off Eyemouth, Dunbar, Anstruther, Carnoustie, Arbroath and Montrose, for particle size and heavy metal analyses in the Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen. |
| Chief scientist | Derek Saward (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.13 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | St. Abbs Head and Bell Rock |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 21 |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 72 |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of stations = 72 |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Quantity: number of samples = 93 |
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of samples = 251 |
| Contaminants in organisms | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 Description: trawl hauls |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Benthic bacteria/micro-organisms | Quantity: number of samples = 251 |
| Benthic bacteria/micro-organisms | Quantity: number of samples = 21 |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 Description: trawl hauls |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 Description: trawl hauls |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Quantity: number of stations = 72 |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 251 |
| Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: number of stations = 72 |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 251 |
