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FRV Clupea 0175C
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
Cruise identifier | 0175C |
Cruise period | 1975-02-13 — 1975-02-21 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. Pollution and hydrographic survey studies of the Cromarty Firth and nearby offshore area.
2. Pollution and hydrographic studies near Flotta. 3. Field trials of deck recording depth-flowmeter. 4. JONSIS hydrographic line. 5. Collection of water in the Firth of Clyde. |
Chief scientist | James A Adams (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.12 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
Specific | Clyde, Cromarty Firth and Kirkwall area |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 123 |
Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 8 |
Chemical oceanography | |
Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 123 |
Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 116 |
Ammonia | Quantity: number of stations = 54 |
Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 80 |
Contamination | |
Trace metals | Quantity: number of stations = 14 |
Biology and fisheries | |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 10 |
Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 15 |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 29 Description: monitoring,description of communities |