FRV Mara 14/75
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 14/75 |
| Cruise period | 1975-12-03 — 1975-12-18 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) A current meter and sediment traps were deployed in Lock Eil, in an area thought to be affected by pulp fire.
2) TV survey. 3) Intact core and grab samples were taken from the affected and control areas. These samples will be analysed in the SMBA Laboratory. 4) A standard hydro-plankton survey was carried out. ''Mara'' arrived in Corpach on the 06/12/1975 and was loaded with equipment. |
| Chief scientist | John M Davies (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.04 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Loch Eil, Loch Linnhe |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Quantity: activity duration in days = 9 Description: Current meter survey took place and sediment traps were deployed in L Eil. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Sediment traps | Quantity: activity duration in days = 9 Description: Current meter survey took place and sediment traps were deployed in L Eil. |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of surveys = 1 Description: A hydo-plankton survey was carried out over 2 days. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Bottom samples were taken in order to determine the effect that the pulp fibre accumulation has. No. of samples not specified. |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Bottom samples were taken in order to determine the effect that the pulp fibre accumulation has. No. of samples not specified. |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: activity duration in days = 2 Description: A TV survey took place along transects of L Eil and L Linnhe to map two areas of pulp fibre accumulation on the bottom sediment. |
