FRV Clupea 0188C_2
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0188C_2 |
| Cruise period | 1988-03-19 — 1988-03-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Troon, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Greenock, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To collect water samples at the Garroch Head dump site immediately post dumpings.
2. To deploy and recover settlement traps at and around the dump site. 3. To collect Craibe core samples at and around the dump site. Due to lack of time, this aim could not be attempted. |
| Chief scientist | J M Pirie (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.05 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Ballantrae Bank; Loch Ewe; Garroch Head dumpsite |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Description: Tracking of dumped sewage sludge. |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Description: Samples of suspended material from the settlement traps and water column were collected by filtration for subsequent analysis. |
| Trace metals | Description: Analysis for both "total" and dissolved mercury. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Description: Tracking of dumped sewage sludge. |
