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FRV Clupea 1297C
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
Cruise identifier | 1297C |
Cruise period | 1997-07-22 — 1997-07-30 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Oban, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To undertake an acoustic survey of the areas south of Barra Head and to the east, west and south of Coll, Tiree and Colonsay.
2. To record surface temperature, salinity and fluorometric data from throughout the area and to collect surface nutrient and salinity calibration samples. 3. To ground-truth the acoustic data. |
Chief scientist | Michael R Robertson (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.08 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
Specific | South Minches, south and east of Barra Head and west of Coll, Tiree, Mull and Islay |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: survey square kilometres = 1000 |
Chemical oceanography | |
Phosphate | Quantity: number of samples = 100 Description: Underway surface |
Nitrate | Quantity: number of samples = 100 Description: Underway surface |
Ammonia | Quantity: number of samples = 100 Description: Underway surface |
Silicate | Quantity: number of samples = 100 Description: Underway surface |
Geology and geophysics | |
Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 6 Description: Grabs |
Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: track kilometres = 1852 Description: Bottom discrimination |