FRV Mara 2/75
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 2/75 |
| Cruise period | 1975-03-12 — 1975-03-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. Hydro-chemical survey.
2. Grab sampling in selected areas. 3. Water samples for particulate matter. 4. Zooplankton sampling. 5. The placing of experimental live boxes containing queens and oysters. 6. Sampling for Institute of Geology, University of Edinburgh. |
| Chief scientist | J H Anthony Martin (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.14 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Methil. |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: hydro-chemical survey |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | |
| Nitrate | |
| Ammonia | |
| Silicate | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 8 Description: geochemical analysis. |
