FRV Alba Na Mara 1317A
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Alba Na Mara (74NM) |
| Cruise identifier | 1317A |
| Cruise period | 2017-07-31 — 2017-08-09 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Objectives
1. To estimate horizontal drag forces (hydrodynamic and geotechnical drag) for a cylindrical object towed on a variety of sea bed types. 2. To measure the quantity of sediment remobilised by the cylindrical object towed on a variety of sea bed types. 3. To obtain water samples from the sediment plume to examine the relationship between suspended sediment load and nutrient concentration, from a variety of sea bed types. |
| Chief scientist | Keith Summerbell (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise programme |  (0.19 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Moray Firth |
