FRV Scotia 5/77
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 5/77 |
| Cruise period | 1977-11-01 — 1977-11-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Greenock, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Greenock, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Deployment of two current meter moorings west of Islay and Mull. Zoobenthos and geological sampling in the sound of Jura, the Minches and the Atlantic on a line running NW from Cape Wrath |
| Chief scientist | James A Sinclair (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), Richard G J Shelton (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | North and west of Scotland, Minches, north of Ireland |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 14 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of samples = 20 |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of samples = 4 |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 15 |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 5 |
