FRV Clupea 0373C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0373C |
| Cruise period | 1973-03-05 — 1973-04-14 |
| Status | Completed |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out surveys on Ballantrae Bank to estimate the production of herring larvae.
2. To carry out an environmental survey of the Clyde during the last two weeks of the cruise. 3. To collect water for aquarium use. |
| Chief scientist | David W McKay (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 | Ballantrae Bank, Clyde |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 20 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 20 |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 20 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 20 |
| Total - N | Quantity: number of stations = 20 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 20 |
| Contamination | |
| Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: chemical pollution |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 20 |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of stations = 20 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 9 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of samples = 404 Description: herring larvae production |
