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FRV Clupea 1505C
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| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 1505C |
| Cruise period | 2005-10-31 — 2005-11-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | To undertake fish and sediment sampling in the Clyde and Minch areas in support of the temporal trend and biomarker monitoring studies. To undertake sampling of flounder in St Andrews Bay, the upper Firth of Forth and upper Clyde. To determine the hepatic protein and bile metabolite concentrations in sampled fish. |
| Chief scientist | Alistair D McIntosh (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Firth of Forth; north Minch; south Minch; Firth of Clyde |
| Measurements | |
| Contamination | |
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of stations = 27 Description: Sediments by Day grab for trace metal and PAH concentrations |
| Petroleum residues | Quantity: number of stations = 27 Description: Sediments by Day grab for trace metal and PAH concentrations |
| Contaminants in organisms | Quantity: number of specimens = 225 Description: Plaice and flounder for hepatic biological effects measurements, hepatic trace metal and PAH concentrations |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Biochemical measurements (eg lipids, amino acids) | Quantity: number of specimens = 225 Description: Plaice and flounder for hepatic biological effects measurements, hepatic trace metal and PAH concentrations |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 225 Description: Plaice and flounder for hepatic biological effects measurements, hepatic trace metal and PAH concentrations |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of stations = 27 Description: Sediments by Day grab for trace metal and PAH concentrations |
