Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
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Cruise identifier | 2/72 |
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Cruise period | 1972-02-07 — 1972-03-02 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To carry out an environment and pollution survey of the Clyde area north of approximately 55° 20'N.
2. To carry out a survey for plaice eggs and larvae in the Clyde area north of the same latitude. |
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Chief scientist | Norman T Nicoll (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.68 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
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Specific | Clyde |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 28 Description: T only |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 56 Description: 27 surface only |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 29 |
Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 56 |
Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 52 |
Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 55 |
Alkalinity | Quantity: number of stations = 29 |
Contamination | |
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Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 26 Description: chemical pollution;analysis of plankton |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Primary productivity | Quantity: number of stations = 56 |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 56 |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 133 |