FRV Scotia 0484S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 0484S |
| Cruise period | 1984-04-12 — 1984-04-26 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To service three current meter moorings deployed on the Rockall Bank and to lay a new mooring along the southern edge of the Bank.
2. To work hydrographic sections adjacent to the moorings. 3. To work hydrographic stations in the eastern side of the Faroe-Shetland Channel. |
| Chief scientist | J H Anthony Martin (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 | Northwestern North Sea, Moray Firth, north coast of Scotland, Rockall Bank, Rockall Trough |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 43 |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of recoveries = 10 Description: 8 current meters recovered;1 year |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 43 |
