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FRV Clupea 0903C_1
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
Cruise identifier | 0903C_1 |
Cruise period | 2003-05-15 — 2003-05-21 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | To undertake Agassiz, gravity corer, grab, RoxAnn and underwater television (UWT) surveys of the seabed at Garroch Head, Cloch Point, Hunterston and Colonsay.
To collect fish and biota samples for biological effects measurements using bottom and/or beam trawl at Garroch Head, Cloch Point, Hunterston and Colonsay. Sample preparation and preservation will be undertaken on board Clupea. The biological effects samples for objective 4 to be measured for EROD, PAH and PCBs, PAH metabolites and Vtg. Sediment samples for objectives 2 - 5 and 8, 10, 11 - 13 will be analysed for heavy metals, PCBs, PAHs and TBT in Aberdeen. Particle size and organic carbon will also be undertaken. |
Chief scientist | Peter Hayes (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.17 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
Measurements | |
Contamination | |
Contaminants in organisms | Quantity: number of specimens = 100 Description: fish sampled for EROD, PAH and PCB's, PAH metabolites and Vtg. |
Biology and fisheries | |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 12 Description: benthic trawls |
Geology and geophysics | |
Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 42 Description: Grab samples for dredged material |