FRV Scotia 5/83
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 5/83 |
| Cruise period | 1983-05-25 — 1983-06-02 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To service current meter moorings presently deployed north-west of Scotland and on the east side of Rockall Bank.
2. To work hydrographic and plankton sections in the oceanic area to the west and north of Scotland. |
| Chief scientist | Harry D Dooley (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Wyville Thomson Ridge, Faroe-Shetland Channel, Rockall Bank, northwestern North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of recoveries = 10 Description: current meters recovered;2:366 days,1:23;2:187;2:183;3:51days |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 21 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 14 |
