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FRV Scotia 0485S
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
Cruise identifier | 0485S |
Cruise period | 1985-04-19 — 1985-05-09 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Greenock, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To retrieve 2 current meter moorings in the Clyde and work associated hydrography.
2. To retrieve 4 current meters deployed around Rockall Bank and work associated hydrography. 3. To lay a current meter mooring off Foula, Shetland. 4. To work hydrographic sections in the Faroe-Shetland Channel. 5. To sample at 4 standard radio-caesium stations and one chemical monitoring station. 6. To work the JONSIS line. 7. As time permits to do hydrographic work west of Orkney and Shetland. |
Chief scientist | J H Anthony Martin (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.12 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
Specific | Rockall Bank, Faroe-Shetland Channel, JONSIS Line, Orkney, north and west of Scotland, Firth of Clyde |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 129 |
Current meters | Description: 13 deployed;9 rec.;6770 hours of Rockall;2 depl.& rec.;624 hours of Clyde |
Chemical oceanography | |
Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 14 |
Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 14 |
Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 63 |
Biology and fisheries | |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 12 |