FRV Mara 8/73
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/73 |
| Cruise period | 1973-08-01 — 1973-08-29 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Troon, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Troon, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. Hydrobiological survey of the Firth of Clyde.
2. Near bottom plankton sampling with Dr.Beyer's bottom plankton sampler. 3. Juvenile plaice survey. |
| Chief scientist | Alasdair D McIntyre (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), D J Murison (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), James A Adams (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), Richard B Burns (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.15 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Firth of Clyde |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: drogues |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
| Total - N | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
| Ammonia | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
| Contamination | |
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of stations = 10 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 10 Description: counts |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 10 |
