FRV Scotia 0187S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 0187S |
| Cruise period | 1987-01-07 — 1987-01-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Survey of sewage sludge dumpling grounds in Firth of Clyde and North Channel. Hydro-chemical and hydrography at shelf edge West of Hebrides |
| Chief scientist | Graham Topping (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), J H Anthony Martin (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.16 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Firth of Clyde, NW North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 61 |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 14 |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of stations = 36 |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of stations = 4 Description: 4 deployed;92 days |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 58 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 58 |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Quantity: number of samples = 81 |
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of samples = 81 |
| Bottom deposits | |
| Contaminants in organisms | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of samples = 460 |
