FRV Clupea 0896C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0896C |
| Cruise period | 1996-05-22 — 1996-06-05 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To collect sediment samples from the Clyde Sea area, and selected sea lochs including the Gareloch and Lochs Fyne and Dutch. To process these samples to extract interstitial water and undertake preliminary chemical analysis in support of programme to describe the chemical composition of sea bed sediments. To collect and analyse sanples of dogwhelks from selected locations in Loch Laxford. |
| Chief scientist | Ian M Davies (Scottish Office Agriculture Environment and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Clyde Sea, Gareloch, Loch Fyne, Loch Duich, Loch Laxford |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 2 Description: water samples for radio-caesium analysis. |
