FRV Mara 8B/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 8B/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-08-12 — 1974-08-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Troon, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To carry out a census of the macrobenthic populations by means of grab
2) All selected stations sediment samples were retained for grain size analysis There was a change of personnel in Troon on the 17/08/1974 |
| Chief scientist | Anastasios Eleftheriou (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Firth of Clyde |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of samples = 150 Description: Sediment grab. All samples were sieved through a 0.5 mm mesh and preserved in 10% formalin for examination on return to the laboratory |
