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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 |