FRV Mara 2/72
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 2/72 |
| Cruise period | 1972-02-07 — 1972-03-02 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out an environment and pollution survey of the Clyde area north of approximately 55° 20'N.
2. To carry out a survey for plaice eggs and larvae in the Clyde area north of the same latitude. |
| Chief scientist | Norman T Nicoll (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.68 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Clyde |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 28 Description: T only |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 56 Description: 27 surface only |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 29 |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 56 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 52 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 55 |
| Alkalinity | Quantity: number of stations = 29 |
| Contamination | |
| Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 26 Description: chemical pollution;analysis of plankton |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | Quantity: number of stations = 56 |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 56 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 133 |
