Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
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Cruise identifier | 8/72 Leg 3 |
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Cruise period | 1972-08-28 — 1972-08-29 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Fisheries |
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Objectives | Repeated Leg 1 stations.
1. Environmental survey (hydrography, chemistry and plankton) of the Firth of Clyde.
2. Collection of plankton for pollution investigations. |
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Chief scientist | James A Adams (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.62 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
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Specific | Firth of Clyde |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 28 |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 28 |
Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 28 |
Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 28 |
Ammonia | Quantity: number of stations = 26 |
Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 26 |
Alkalinity | Quantity: number of stations = 28 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Primary productivity | Quantity: number of stations = 28 |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 27 |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 29 |
Nekton | Quantity: number of stations = 29 |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of stations = 29 Description: biological pollutants |