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 |
