FRV Explorer 2A/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 2A/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-03-12 — 1974-03-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Greenock, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To recover the two current meter moorings laid by ''Scotia'' in January
2) To make a (limited) routine environmental surevey of the Clyde 3) To make detailed hydrographic oberservations of the Clyde sill |
| Chief scientist | Harry D Dooley (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 North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Clyde, Clyde sill, Cumbraes and the North Channel, |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 53 |
| Current meters | Quantity: 2 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: 33 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: 50 |
| Silicate | Quantity: 50 |
| Trace elements | Quantity: 12 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | Quantity: 27 |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 27 |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: 27 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: 20 |
