FRV Mara 5/71
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 5/71 |
| Cruise period | 1971-05-10 — 1971-05-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Stornoway, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. A survey of selected sea lochs and inshore areas with Multi-depth Plankton Indicators associated with temperature and salinity observations.
2. A survey of selected sea lochs and inshore areas for euphausiids and other crustaceous plankton, using 1m 60 and WP3 nets, fitted with TSK flowmeters. 3. A survey of the area off Loch Ewe for planktonic and pelagic stages of plaice and other flatfish, using a 1m 60 net, a Gulf III and a modified Gourock Number 1 midwater trawl. |
| Chief scientist | James A Adams (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Scottish west coast sea lochs |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 27 Description: first 8 hydrographic stations of doubtful validity |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 40 Description: WP3 1m 60 mesh nets & multidepth plankton indicators |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 37 Description: WP3 nets & midwater trawls |
