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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for FRV Scotia (748S) cruise 0501S

Introduction

This report collates information from the BODC cruise inventory and oceanographic databases. It presents

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name FRV Scotia (748S) cruise 0501S
Short name 0501S
Objectives and Narrative 1. To sample fish, plankton and water along a transect from the Statjord oilfield and a reference station in the North Sea.
2. To sample fish, plankton and water along a transect in the German Bight and a reference station east of the Dogger Bank.
Ship FRV Scotia
Departure Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Departure Date 2001-03-17
Arrival Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 2001-03-27
Principal Scientist(s) Alistair D McIntosh (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory
Associated Project(s) BECPELAG Cruise II
IHB Sea Areas Visited North Sea
Marsden Squares Visited 181;3/216;1/216;2/216;3/216;4/252;1
Work Area Description North Sea, German Bight, Statfjord Oilfield
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Work Area Bounding Polygon
Southern Limit unknown
Northern Limit unknown
Western Limit unknown
Eastern Limit unknown

Cruise Inventory Datasets

Physical oceanography  
CTD stations Quantity: number of profiles = 32
Description: Seabird SBE 19  
Contamination  
Other contaminant measurements Quantity: number of hauls = 20
Description: Trawls: fish species sampled for chemical and biochemical measurements  
Other contaminant measurements Quantity: number of hauls = 32
Description: Methot Net, Zooplanktopn for chemical and biochemical measurements  
Petroleum residues Quantity: number of hauls = 32
Description: Methot Net, Zooplanktopn for chemical and biochemical measurements  
Petroleum residues Quantity: number of hauls = 20
Description: Trawls: fish species sampled for chemical and biochemical measurements  
Trace metals Quantity: number of hauls = 32
Description: Methot Net, Zooplanktopn for chemical and biochemical measurements  
Trace metals Quantity: number of hauls = 20
Description: Trawls: fish species sampled for chemical and biochemical measurements  
Biology and fisheries  
Eggs and larvae Quantity: number of hauls = 32
Description: Methot Net, Zooplanktopn for chemical and biochemical measurements  
Pelagic bacteria/micro-organisms Quantity: number of stations = 3
Description: samples for bacteria and microorganisms for biochemical measurements  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

No information on datasets is currently available

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
8 CTD/STD cast Electrical conductivity of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates

Note: Parameter terms are taken from the BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary XML (SKOS)

Full List

BODC Reference Instrument Description Date/Time Location  
572384 CTD/STD cast 2001-03-18 12:20Z 61° 10' N, 2° 0' E Click for more
572396 CTD/STD cast 2001-03-19 08:13Z 61° 10' N, 1° 54' E Click for more
572403 CTD/STD cast 2001-03-19 14:42Z 61° 12' N, 1° 50' E Click for more
572415 CTD/STD cast 2001-03-21 16:27Z 60° 4' N, 2° 59' E Click for more
572427 CTD/STD cast 2001-03-23 21:36Z 54° 4' N, 7° 49' E Click for more
572439 CTD/STD cast 2001-03-24 10:53Z 54° 10' N, 7° 25' E Click for more
572440 CTD/STD cast 2001-03-25 09:02Z 55° 0' N, 6° 19' E Click for more
572452 CTD/STD cast 2001-03-26 10:06Z 55° 22' N, 4° 30' E Click for more

Project Database

No data currently held for this cruise in the BODC Project Database

References

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Reports

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