Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
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Cruise identifier | 2-3B/68 |
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Cruise period | 1968-03-30 — 1968-04-10 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Greenock, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Stornoway, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1) To carry out comparative sampling for blue whiting eggs and larvae with ''Ernest Holt''
2) To make hydrographic observations |
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Chief scientist | Jake H Fraser (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), James A Adams (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.38 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Atlantic Ocean |
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Specific | W of the Outer Hebrides, Rockall Bank |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of profiles = 8 Description: mechanical |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 41 Description: 8 T surface |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Oxygen | Quantity: 4 |
Phosphate | Quantity: 22 |
Nitrate | Quantity: 22 |
Isotopes | Description: C |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 39 Description: chlorophyll a |
Phytoplankton | Quantity: 48 |
Zooplankton | Description: The Gulf III and W.P.3 nets were used |
Eggs and larvae | Description: comparative sampling for blue whiting |