FRV Mara 8/72 Leg 1
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/72 Leg 1 |
| Cruise period | 1972-07-08 — 1972-08-09 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. Environmental survey (hydrography, chemistry and plankton) of the Firth of Clyde.
2. Collection of plankton for pollution investigations. |
| Chief scientist | J M Pirie (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.62 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 28 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 28 |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 28 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 28 |
| Ammonia | Quantity: number of stations = 26 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 26 |
| Alkalinity | Quantity: number of stations = 28 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | Quantity: number of stations = 28 |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 27 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 29 |
| Nekton | Quantity: number of stations = 29 |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of stations = 29 Description: biological pollutants |
