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FRV Scotia 0986S
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
Cruise identifier | 0986S |
Cruise period | 1986-09-05 — 1986-09-25 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Fisheries |
Objectives | 1. To carry out the ICES Herring Larvae Survey of the Orkney/Shetland area.
2. To investigate the transport and growth of herring larvae. 3. To collect water samples for radio-caesium analysis. |
Chief scientist | Mike R Heath (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.13 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
Specific | NW North Sea, Orkney and Shetland Islands |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 36 Description: 153 S surface |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 55 |
Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of stations = 55 |
Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Description: Argos Sat.Buoy |
Chemical oceanography | |
Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 35 |
Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 35 |
Radioactivity | Description: water samples for radio-caesium analysis. |
Biology and fisheries | |
Primary productivity | Quantity: number of stations = 25 |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 165 |
Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 35 |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 35 |
Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 216 |