FRV Mara 6/79
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 6/79 |
| Cruise period | 1979-07-02 — 1979-07-06 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. A baseline survey of the Beatrice Oilfield.
2. A survey of the dredging/reclamation disturbance near the Cromarty Firth. |
| Chief scientist | Michael R Robertson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.04 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Beatrice Oilfield |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Description: Samples taken at a series of stations north, south, east and west of the central rig in Beatrice Field. |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: S only. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Sediment traps | Description: Sedimentation traps laid 1 mile east and 1 mile south of the central rig. |
| Zoobenthos | Description: Agassiz trawl hauls taken at a series of stations north, south, east and west of the central rig in Beatrice Field. |
