Ardent
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Ardent |
| Cruise period | 1989-02-13 — 1989-03-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To identify spawning grounds of the lesser sandeel, Ammodytes marinus, to the south and west of Shetland.
2. To collect biological data on Ammodytes marinus. |
| Chief scientist | J A Gauld (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.05 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Shetland and Orkney Waters |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 7 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 7 |
| Eggs and larvae | |
| Demersal fish | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 124 |
