RV Prince Madog PD30/08
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Prince Madog (74P2) |
| Cruise identifier | PD30/08 |
| Cruise period | 2008-09-15 — 2008-09-17 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Menai Bridge, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Bangor, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The cruise had 3 distinct objectives, which were to:
1. Collect 300 live A. islandica (L.) with the Arctica dredge covering a range of sizes/ages from the mouth of Belfast Lough (Station C) for later use in an ageing research project; 2. Quantitatively sample the geographical limits of the A. islandica populations at location C using the Arctica dredge; 3. Collect Arctica shells at Stations D11, D14 and A off the NW coast of the Isle of Man using the Arctica dredge. Please see the cruise report for 30/08 for maps, dredge locations and organisms collected. Available from iain.ridgway@bangor.ac.uk |
| Chief scientist | Iain Ridgeway (Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences) |
| Cruise report |  (0.13 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Isle of Man Waters, Western Irish Sea, Belfast Lough |
| Track charts | (0.07 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Molluscs | Quantity: number of samples = 4 Description: Van Veem Grabs, for mollusc collection for taxonomy |
| Molluscs | Quantity: number of samples = 28 Description: Arctica Dredges, for shell collection for chronology |
