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FRV Clupea 3/64
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
Cruise identifier | 3/64 |
Cruise period | 1964-03-05 — 1964-04-28 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Cairnryan, United Kingdom |
Objectives | 1. To study the production and subsequent dispersal of Clyde herring larvae.
2. To carry out a limited programme of hydrographic sampling. |
Chief scientist | Alan Saville (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.05 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
Specific | Ballantrae Bank |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: Samples taken at top and bottom at all stations on Grid II. |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: Samples taken at top and bottom at all stations on Grid II. |
Chemical oceanography | |
Phosphate | Description: Surface samples taken for phosphate, nitrate and silicate |
Nitrate | Description: Surface samples taken for phosphate, nitrate and silicate |
Silicate | Description: Surface samples taken for phosphate, nitrate and silicate |
Biology and fisheries | |
Eggs and larvae | Description: herring larvae survey in the Clyde. |