FRV Mara 1A/75
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 1A/75 |
| Cruise period | 1975-02-28 — 1975-03-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To sample and assess the types and distribution of bottom sediments in Irvine and Ayr Bays.
2. To sample selected transects for macrobenthos. 3. To collect seawater from Irvine Bay and Ballantrae Bank positions. |
| Chief scientist | Derek C Moore (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.37 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of samples = 14 Description: biomass determination |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 50 Description: physical analysis of sediments |
