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FRV Clupea 3/64
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 3/64 |
| Cruise period | 1964-03-05 — 1964-04-28 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Cairnryan, United Kingdom |
| Objectives | 1. To study the production and subsequent dispersal of Clyde herring larvae.
2. To carry out a limited programme of hydrographic sampling. |
| Chief scientist | Alan Saville (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report | |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Ballantrae Bank |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: Samples taken at top and bottom at all stations on Grid II. |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: Samples taken at top and bottom at all stations on Grid II. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Description: Surface samples taken for phosphate, nitrate and silicate |
| Nitrate | Description: Surface samples taken for phosphate, nitrate and silicate |
| Silicate | Description: Surface samples taken for phosphate, nitrate and silicate |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Description: herring larvae survey in the Clyde. |


