Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | Aquila (74GC) |
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Cruise identifier | AQ0188 |
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Cruise period | 1988-01-05 — 1988-01-12 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lerwick, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Lerwick, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Fisheries |
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Objectives | 1. To investigate the distribution, biology and behaviour of sandeels in Shetland waters.
2. To collect measurements of sea temperature and salinity. |
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Chief scientist | J A Gauld (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.07 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: 3 Description: water temperature and salinity measurements. |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 Description: vertical hauls made to determine the availability of potential food species for A. marinus. |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 8 Description: trawls to determine predation of sandeels. |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Dredge | Quantity: number of hauls = 16 Description: Dredges for sandeels |