FRV Mara 12/71
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 12/71 |
| Cruise period | 1971-11-29 — 1971-12-06 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Objectives | 1. Hydrographic and plankton survey of Loch Linnhe and Loch Eil.
2. TV camera survey of Loch Eil and parts of Loch Linnhe. 3. Benthos survey of the same two lochs. Largely aborted due to dense fog. 4. A hydrographic, plankton, benthos and sediment survey of 11 selected sea lochs south of Oban. Only partly completed due to gear fouling on the propeller. |
| Chief scientist | Richard B Burns (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Loch Eil, Loch Linnhe, Oban. |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: hydrographic survey. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Description: hydrographic survey. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Benthic bacteria/micro-organisms | Description: fungal hyphae. |
| Zoobenthos | Description: TV camera survey of Loch Eil and parts of Loch Linnhe to show epifauna numbers and species. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Bottom photography | Description: TV camera survey of Loch Eil and parts of Loch Linnhe to show epifauna numbers and species. |
