FRV Clupea 1396C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 1396C |
| Cruise period | 1996-08-21 — 1996-09-05 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. Sampling flatfish to investigate the effects of contaminants on reproductive physiology.
2. Sampling fish for biological effects monitoring for NMP. 3. Sampling sediments for hydrocarbon and other chemical analyses. 4. Sediment sampling and magnetometer survey associated with the Beaufort's Dyke monitoring. |
| Chief scientist | Alistair D McIntosh (Scottish Office Agriculture Environment and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.13 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | NE Atlantic, North Sea, Minches, Clyde, Solway |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Contamination | |
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of stations = 22 Description: sediment sampling |
| Petroleum residues | Quantity: number of samples = 44 Description: Grabs |
| Chlorinated hydrocarbons | Quantity: number of samples = 44 Description: Grabs |
| Contaminants in organisms | Quantity: number of hauls = 44 Description: Trawls |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of stations = 4 |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 44 Description: Trawls |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of stations = 4 |
| Magnetic measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 100 Description: magnetometer |
