FRV Clupea 10/76
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 10/76 |
| Cruise period | 1976-08-16 — 1976-09-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. Measurement of currents in the Firth of Forth area using moored current meters.
2. Environmental station work in the Firth of Forth. 3. Collection of water samples (including the surface microlayer collected from a small boat) and benthos for hydrocarbon analysis in the Firth of Forth and along the Forties line. 4. Environmental station work along the JONSIS line. |
| Chief scientist | Eric W Henderson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), Graham Topping (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Firth of Forth. |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 68 |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 4 Description: 13 days |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 33 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 66 |
| Total - N | Quantity: number of stations = 31 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 33 |
| Contamination | |
| Chlorinated hydrocarbons | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 40 |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of stations = 102 |
