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FRV Clupea 1595C
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
Cruise identifier | 1595C |
Cruise period | 1995-09-26 — 1995-10-09 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To collect seabed sediment samples from dredge spoil disposal sites off Peterhead, Aberdeen and Stonehaven, for particle size and heavy metal analyses in the Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen.
2. To map the seabed at the Bell Rock and St Abb's Head sewage sludge disposal sites, using RoxAnn. 3. To undertake trawl surveys at the Bell Rock and St Abb's Head sewage sludge disposal sites, to collect samples of representative species for chemical analysis in the Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen. 4. To collect seawater samples from the Bell Rock and St Abb's Head sewage sludge disposal sites, for microbiological analysis on FRV Clupea. 5. To collect seawater samples from the Bell Rock and St Abb's Head sewage sludge disposal sites for measurement of suspended solid levels in the Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen. 6. To collect seabed sediment samples from the Bell Rock and St Abb's Head sewage sludge disposal sites, and from areas adjacent to the disposal sites, for microbiological analysis on FRV Clupea. 7. To collect seabed sediment samples from the Bell Rock and St Abb's Head sewage sludge disposal sites, and from areas adjacent to the disposal sites, for particle size and heavy metal analyses in the Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen. 8. To map the seabed in the vicinity of the St Abb's Head Voluntary Marine Nature Reserve, using RoxAnn. 9. To undertake a transmissometer survey in the vicinity of the St Abb's Head Voluntary Marine Nature Reserve, to investigate the levels of turbidity in the water column. 10. To collect seawater samples in the vicinity of the St Abb's Head Voluntary Marine Nature Reserve, for measurement of suspended solid levels in the Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen. 11. To collect seawater samples in the vicinity of the St Abb's Head Voluntary Marine Nature Reserve, for phytoplankton analysis in the Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen. 12. To collect seabed sediment samples in the vicinity of the St Abb's Head Voluntary Marine Nature Reserve, to obtain samples of surface material for phytoplankton analysis in the Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen. 13. To collect seabed sediment samples in the vicinity of the St Abb's Head Voluntary Marine Nature Reserve, for particle size and heavy metal analyses in the Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen. 14. To collect seabed sediment samples from munitions and dredge spoil disposal sites in the Firth of Forth, for particle size and heavy metal analyses in the Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen. 15. To map the seabed in Stonehaven Bay, using RoxAnn. |
Chief scientist | Derek Saward (Scottish Office Agriculture Environment and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.42 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
Specific | Scottish East coast |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of profiles = 36 Description: Water sampling with Rosette |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of profiles = 25 Description: dips |
Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of profiles = 25 Description: Transmissometer dips |
Contamination | |
Suspended matter | Quantity: number of profiles = 5 |
Trace metals | Quantity: number of samples = 135 Description: Heavy metals |
Bottom deposits | Quantity: number of samples = 134 Description: Dredge spoil and sewage |
Biology and fisheries | |
Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 7 |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 Description: Trawl hauls |
Geology and geophysics | |
Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 186 Description: Grabs |
Other geological/geophysical measurements | Description: RoxAnn |