FRV Clupea 0696C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0696C |
| Cruise period | 1996-04-01 — 1996-04-19 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To undertake an intensive TV, still photography and grab survey in selected areas of the Minches.
2. To record surface temperature and salinity levels from the survey areas. 3. To collect further RoxAnn data from the Minches. |
| Chief scientist | Michael R Robertson (Scottish Office Agriculture Environment and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Little Minch, North Minch and Sea of Hebrides |
| Track charts | (0.04 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: Continuous data collected throughout the survey areas. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of stations = 20 |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: number of deployments = 22 Description: camera sledge tows. |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: number of track lines = 4 Description: RoxAnn transects. |
