RV Prince Madog PD08/10
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Prince Madog (74P2) |
| Cruise identifier | PD08/10 |
| Cruise period | 2010-04-12 — 2010-04-14 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Menai Bridge, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Menai Bridge, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Aims
1. To collect 300 live Arctica islandica (L.) with the Arctica dredge covering a range of sizes/ages from the mouth of Belfast Lough (Station C) for later use in an ageing research project. 2. To quantitatively sample the A. islandica populations at Belfast Lough using a day grab. 3. To collect Glycymeris glycymeris off the S coast of the Calf of Man, South of the Isle of Man (54.02495 °N 4.80945 °W), using the Anchor Dredge. 4. To collect G. glycymeris off the E coast of the Isle of Man (54.11685 °N -4.4216°W), using the Anchor Dredge. Please see the cruise report for 08/10 for maps, dredge locations and organisms collected. Available from iain.ridgway@bangor.ac.uk |
| Chief scientist | Iain Ridgeway (Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences) |
| Cruise report |  (0.23 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | 1. Isle of Man Waters 2. Belfast Lough, Northern Ireland |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Molluscs | Quantity: number of deployments = 3 Description: 3 Arctica Dredges at Station U, Eastern Irish Sea, for shell collection for chronology |
| Molluscs | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: 1 Anchor Dredge at Station 24 of the East Coast of the Isle of Man, for G. glycymeris for research |
| Molluscs | Quantity: number of deployments = 3 Description: 3 Anchor Dredges at Station 84 of the South Coast of the Isle of Man, for G. glycymeris for research |
| Molluscs | Quantity: number of samples = 20 Description: 20 day Grabs at Station C, Belfast Lough, for density data on A. islandica |
