FRV Clupea 0989C_2
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0989C_2 |
| Cruise period | 1989-08-02 — 1989-08-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Troon, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To obtain dual frequency echosounder data from a survey line extending from west of Colonsay, through the Firth of Lorne and Loch Linnhe, to Fort William.
2. To obtain samples of macrozooplankton using the Methot Isaacs Kidd net for comparison with the echosounder data. 3. To obtain plankton and hydrographic data using the Autosampling and Recording Instrumented Environmental Sampler (ARIES). |
| Chief scientist | Mike R Heath (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Firth of Lorne/ Loch Linnhe |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of deployments = 13 Description: deployments of ARIES to collect depth, conductivity, temperature, fluorescence, transparency, light intensity, dissolved oxygen, bioluminescence, flowmeter data, water samples and integrated plankton samples. |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of deployments = 13 Description: deployments of ARIES to collect depth, conductivity, temperature, fluorescence, transparency, light intensity, dissolved oxygen, bioluminescence, flowmeter data, water samples and integrated plankton samples. |
| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Quantity: number of deployments = 13 Description: deployments of ARIES to collect depth, conductivity, temperature, fluorescence, transparency, light intensity, dissolved oxygen, bioluminescence, flowmeter data, water samples and integrated plankton samples. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of deployments = 13 Description: deployments of ARIES to collect depth, conductivity, temperature, fluorescence, transparency, light intensity, dissolved oxygen, bioluminescence, flowmeter data, water samples and integrated plankton samples. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of deployments = 13 Description: deployments of ARIES to collect depth, conductivity, temperature, fluorescence, transparency, light intensity, dissolved oxygen, bioluminescence, flowmeter data, water samples and integrated plankton samples. |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of deployments = 13 Description: deployments of ARIES to collect depth, conductivity, temperature, fluorescence, transparency, light intensity, dissolved oxygen, bioluminescence, flowmeter data, water samples and integrated plankton samples. |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 27 Description: Methot net Tows |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of deployments = 13 Description: deployments of ARIES to collect depth, conductivity, temperature, fluorescence, transparency, light intensity, dissolved oxygen, bioluminescence, flowmeter data, water samples and integrated plankton samples. |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Quantity: activity duration in hours = 24 Description: acoustic survey. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: activity duration in hours = 24 Description: acoustic survey. |
