RV Prince Madog PD18/08
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Prince Madog (74P2) |
| Cruise identifier | PD18/08 |
| Cruise period | 2008-06-13 — 2008-06-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Menai Bridge, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Menai Bridge, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The objective of the cruise was to collect a range of invertebrate organisms, particularly polychaete worms and bivalve molluscs (Arctica islandica and Glossus humanus), from a range of suitable areas. The organisms will be collected for study using a range of equipment including grabs, an anchor dredge and a bespoke Arctica dredge and 2m beam trawl. Areas to be dredged will be surveyed initially using side scan sonar to identify possible sea bottom obstructions. |
| Chief scientist | Chris A Richardson (Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences) |
| Cruise report |  (0.25 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Loch Fyne, Central Irish Sea, Lamont Shelf, Inchmarnock Water, Kilbranan Sound, Clyde Sea, Campbeltown Loch |
| Track charts | (0.22 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of samples = 10 Description: Water samples for water analysis |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of profiles = 2 Description: CTD (1 in Loch Fyne, 1 in Irish Sea) |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: 1 Tjarner Dredge at Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey, gear testing |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of samples = 11 Description: Tjarner Dredges for Benthos sampling |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of samples = 3 Description: Agassi Dredges, for Benthos sampling |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of deployments = 7 Description: Epibenthic sledges, for benthos sampling |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of samples = 75 Description: Van veem grabs for Benthos sampling |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of samples = 5 Description: Beam Trawls for demersal fish |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: 1 Beam Trawl at Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey, gear testing |
| Molluscs | Quantity: number of samples = 3 Description: 3 Van Veem Grabs at Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey, gear testing |
| Molluscs | Quantity: number of samples = 18 Description: Arctica Dredges, for shell collection for chronology |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: number of profiles = 10 Description: Sidescan sonars, for possible gear obstructions |
