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FRV Clupea 4/61
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
Cruise identifier | 4/61 |
Cruise period | 1961-03-13 — 1961-04-13 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
Objectives | To continue the study of the production of herring larvae on Ballantrae Bank and their subsequent dispersal. |
Chief scientist | George McPherson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.06 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
Specific | Ballantrae Bank |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
Bathythermograph | Description: Readings taken on lines from Ireland to Mull of Kintyre and across to Clyde. |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | |
Chemical oceanography | |
Phosphate | Description: Readings taken on lines from Ireland to Mull of Kintyre and across to Clyde. |
Biology and fisheries | |
Eggs and larvae | Description: Study into the production of herring larvae on Ballantrae Bank and their subsequent dispersal. |