Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
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Cruise identifier | 8B/74 |
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Cruise period | 1974-08-12 — 1974-08-22 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Troon, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1) To carry out a census of the macrobenthic populations by means of grab
2) All selected stations sediment samples were retained for grain size analysis
There was a change of personnel in Troon on the 17/08/1974 |
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Chief scientist | Anastasios Eleftheriou (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.09 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Specific | Firth of Clyde |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of samples = 150 Description: Sediment grab. All samples were sieved through a 0.5 mm mesh and preserved in 10% formalin for examination on return to the laboratory |