FRV Clupea 0183C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0183C |
| Cruise period | 1983-02-04 — 1983-02-11 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To collect samples of water, sediment and biota from the vicinity of the Guillam Bank Dumping site for cyanide and heavy metal analysis.
2. To undertake an underwater closed circuit television survey of the Guillam Bank Dump site. 3. To monitor the dumping of anode and cathode waste from the dumping vessel "Kindeaoe", and to determine resultant free cyanide levels in the water column and sediment following dumpsite. 4. To collect a water sample for radio-caesium monitoring at a position 57º 49'N 2º 58' W (off Buckie). |
| Chief scientist | Derek Saward (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | E. Coast Scotland |
| Measurements | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity | |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | |
| Trace metals | |
| Other dissolved substances | Description: Cyanide |
| Bottom deposits | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 57 |
| Bottom photography | Description: Underwater TV |
