FRV Clupea 0277C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0277C |
| Cruise period | 1977-02-21 — 1977-02-24 |
| 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 recording current meters.
2. Environmental station work in the Firth of Forth area at the standard grid positions. |
| Chief scientist | Eric W Henderson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.04 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Firth of Forth. |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 37 |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of stations = 2 Description: these sts.were recovered on cr.7/77.See ICES Ref.No.77.74.073 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 37 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 37 |
| Total - N | Quantity: number of stations = 36 |
| Ammonia | Quantity: number of stations = 29 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 37 |
| Contamination | |
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of stations = 10 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of samples = 58 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 12 |
