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FRV Clupea 1899C_2

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FRV Clupea (74CU)
Cruise identifier1899C_2
Cruise period1999-11-11 — 1999-11-25
StatusCompleted
Port of departureFraserburgh, United Kingdom
Port of returnFraserburgh, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesFor both legs:
1. To recover moorings and current meters deployed in lochs A'Chairn Bhain and Diabeg on cruise 0599C.
2. To obtain sediment and fish samples from sea lochs previously sampled on cruise 0599C to assess the biological effects and chemical residues from the use of fish farm chemicals during the summer of 1999.
3. To undertake fish and sediment sampling for the Clyde Trend and Biomarker monitoring studies.
Chief scientistJ M Pirie (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
ProjectAE10N
Coordinating bodyFRS
Cruise reportFRV Clupea 1899C_2 cruise report 1899c.pdf (0.35 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralInner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
SpecificLochs A'Chairn Bhain and Diabeg
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 8
Description: CTD (seabird 'sealogger' SBE25) measuring depth profiles of temperature, salinity and density in Loch a'Cairn Bhain
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 24
Description: CTD (seabird 'sealogger' SBE25) measuring depth profiles of temperature, salinity and density in Loch Torridon
Contamination 
Bottom depositsQuantity: number of stations = 20
Description: Containment levels in sediment
Contaminants in organismsQuantity: number of stations = 12
Description: Biological effect and containment levels in Plaice
Moorings, landers, buoys 
Physical oceanography 
Current meters57° 0' 0" N  5° 0' 0" W — Recovery of Aanderaa RCM-7 current meters (x2) and Aanderaa WLR-5 water level recorder, measuring velocity, temperature, salinity and water level and temperature respectively. Recovered 10/11/99 Water depth=39m Current meters at 10m and 34m
Current meters58° 15' 0" N  5° 3' 59" W — Recovery of Aanderaa RCM-7 current meters (x2) and Aanderaa WLR-5 water level recorder, measuring velocity, temperature, salinity and water level and temperature respectively. Recovered 9/11/99 Water depth=35m Current meters at 7m and 30m