FRV Scotia 6/81
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 6/81 |
| Cruise period | 1981-06-17 — 1981-07-06 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To investigate the physical, chemical and biological factors relevant to enhanced summer phytoplankton levels off Orkney.
2. To monitor hydrographic conditions in the Faroe-Shetland Channel. 3. To commission the software and hardware being developed for hydrographic and biological instrumentation to be interfaced to the PDP 11/34 and Commodore PET computers. |
| Chief scientist | Harry D Dooley (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | East of Orkney, outer Moray Firth and Faroe-Shetland Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 20 |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 137 |
| CTD stations | |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 11 Description: 5 current meters for 50days;6 current meters for 17days. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 102 |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 87 |
| Total - P | |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 113 |
| Total - N | Quantity: number of stations = 17 |
| Ammonia | Quantity: number of stations = 109 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 90 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 116 |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | |
| Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC) |
