FRV Scotia 11/81 PT2
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 11/81 PT2 |
| Cruise period | 1981-11-12 — 1981-11-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To recover the three current meter moorings presently deployed in the Moray Firth.
2. To conduct a hydro-chemical survey in the Moray Firth and east of Orkney. 3. To conduct a hydro-chemical and plankton survey of the Faroe-Shetland Channel, Wyville-Thomson Ridge and North Rockall Trough. |
| Chief scientist | Harry D Dooley (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.05 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Moray Firth, east of Orkney, Faroe-Shetland Channel, Wyville Thomson Ridge, northern Rockall Trough |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 11 |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 63 |
| CTD stations | |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of stations = 3 Description: 2 current meters for 70days;4 current meters for 88days. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 23 |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 58 |
| Total - P | |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 57 |
| Total - N | Quantity: number of stations = 6 |
| Ammonia | Quantity: number of stations = 53 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 47 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 23 |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of stations = 12 |
