Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
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Cruise identifier | 8/73 |
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Cruise period | 1973-08-01 — 1973-08-29 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Troon, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Troon, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. Hydrobiological survey of the Firth of Clyde.
2. Near bottom plankton sampling with Dr.Beyer's bottom plankton sampler.
3. Juvenile plaice survey. |
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Chief scientist | Alasdair D McIntyre (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), D J Murison (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), James A Adams (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), Richard B Burns (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.15 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 = 30 |
Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: drogues |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
Total - N | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
Ammonia | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
Contamination | |
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Trace metals | Quantity: number of stations = 10 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 10 Description: counts |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 10 |