Cuma

Cruise plan

Cruise Info.
Ship name	Cuma
Cruise period	1973-01-01 — 1973-12-31
Status	Completed
Objectives	Joint with Silver Spray.
Chief scientist	Ernest Naylor (University of Liverpool Port Erin Marine Laboratory)
Ocean/sea areas
General	Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
Measurements
Physical oceanography
Surface measurements underway (T,S)	Quantity: number of stations = 1 Description: S only
Water bottle stations	Quantity: number of stations = 1 Description: S only
Chemical oceanography
Oxygen	Quantity: 2
Phosphate	Quantity: 2
Nitrate	Quantity: 2
Nitrite	Quantity: 2
Alkalinity	Quantity: 2
Biology and fisheries
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)	Quantity: 2 Description: chlorophyll-a
Birds	Description: counts of auks at sel.breeding sts.on the Isle of Man
Pelagic fish	Description: herring
Molluscs	Description: scallop
Crustaceans	Description: nephrops; behavioral problems; in The Hebrides in mid-september