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FRV Scotia 0587S_1
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
Cruise identifier | 0587S_1 |
Cruise period | 1987-05-20 — 1987-05-29 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Leith, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To investigate the distribution of hydrocarbons in sediments around the Beryl and Forties oilfields and the proposed Ivanhoe and Rob Roy fields and along the Forth Forties Line.
2. To monitor the benthos around the Beryl field. 3. To sample invertebrates from a number of locations for subsequent enzyme analysis. Abandoned. |
Chief scientist | Alistair D McIntosh (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.06 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
Specific | NW North Sea, Beryl, Ivanhoe, Rob Roy and Forties oil fields, Forth-Forties Line, Firth of Forth |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Contamination | |
Petroleum residues | Quantity: number of samples = 360 |
Biology and fisheries | |
Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of stations = 54 |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 |