Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
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Cruise identifier | 6/79 |
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Cruise period | 1979-07-02 — 1979-07-06 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. A baseline survey of the Beatrice Oilfield.
2. A survey of the dredging/reclamation disturbance near the Cromarty Firth. |
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Chief scientist | Michael R Robertson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.04 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | Beatrice Oilfield |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Description: Samples taken at a series of stations north, south, east and west of the central rig in Beatrice Field. |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: S only. |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Sediment traps | Description: Sedimentation traps laid 1 mile east and 1 mile south of the central rig. |
Zoobenthos | Description: Agassiz trawl hauls taken at a series of stations north, south, east and west of the central rig in Beatrice Field. |