Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
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Cruise identifier | 8/83 |
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Cruise period | 1983-08-17 — 1983-09-01 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To perform a hydrographic, chemical, planktonic and benthic survey in the Fair Isle area.
2. To work hydro sections in the Faroe-Shetland Channel and over the Wyville-Thomson Ridge.
Windy conditions restricted work |
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Chief scientist | J H Anthony Martin (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.06 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea Norwegian Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Specific | Fair Isle, Wyville-Thomson Ridge, Faroe Shelf, Munken, Faroe-Shetland, Moray Firth |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: 1 |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 79 |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Phosphate | Quantity: 12 |
Nitrate | Quantity: 12 |
Silicate | Quantity: 45 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 12 |
Phytoplankton | Quantity: 1 |
Zooplankton | Quantity: 12 |
Zoobenthos | Quantity: 33 |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: 33 Description: physical analysis of sediments |