FRV Clupea 1502C_1
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 1502C_1 |
| Cruise period | 2002-09-23 — 2002-09-25 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Montrose, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To recover long-term hydrographic monitoring moorings off Stonehaven, on the Wee Bankie and off the Marr Bank. |
| Chief scientist | Michael R Robertson (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (1.98 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Wee Bankie; Marr Bank, Stonehaven |
| Track charts | (0.56 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of profiles = 3 Description: CTD stations |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature measurements | 56° 15' 7" N 2° 0' 38" W — Wee Bankie mooring. Temperature loggers at 15, 20, 30 and 40 metres, recovered 24/09/02 |
| Subsurface temperature measurements | 56° 15' 0" N 1° 30' 1" W — Marr Bank mooring. Temperature loggers at 15, 20, 30, 35 and 50 metres, recovered 24/09/02 |
| Subsurface temperature measurements | 56° 59' 58" N 1° 45' 30" W — Stonehaven mooring. Temperature loggers at 15, 20, 30, 35 and 50 metres, recovered 23/09/02 |
| Current meters | 56° 15' 7" N 2° 0' 38" W — Wee Bankie mooring. Current meter at 21 metres depth, recovered 24/09/02 |
| Current meters | 56° 15' 0" N 1° 30' 1" W — Marr Bank mooring. Current meters at 19 and 40 metres depth, recovered 24/09/02 |
| Current meters | 56° 59' 58" N 1° 45' 30" W — Stonehaven mooring. Current meters at 29 and 70 metres depth, recovered 23/09/02 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | 56° 15' 7" N 2° 0' 38" W — Wee Bankie mooring. Fluorometer at 22 metres, recovered 24/09/02 |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | 56° 59' 58" N 1° 45' 30" W — Stonehaven mooring. Fluorometer at 30 metres, recovered 24/09/02 |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | 56° 15' 0" N 1° 30' 1" W — Marr Bank mooring. Fluorometer at 20 metres, recovered 24/09/02 |