FRV Clupea 0985C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0985C |
| Cruise period | 1985-07-31 — 1985-08-14 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. The placement of 4 current meter moorings in the Northwest Shelf area and recovery of a similar mooring south of Foula.
2. A hydrographic survey of the Northwest Shelf with the deployment of drogues. 3. The working of the Jonsis Line. |
| Chief scientist | J H Anthony Martin (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Northwest Shelf/ South of Foula/ Dornoch Firth (mouth) |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 102 |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of recoveries = 2 Description: 2 recovered;1548 hours |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 9 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 9 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 9 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 53 |
