FRV Scotia 0796S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 0796S |
| Cruise period | 1996-04-29 — 1996-05-07 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | To determine the distribution, development and physiological states of larval haddock in relation to the oceanographic features of the northern North Sea, |
| Chief scientist | Mike R Heath (Scottish Office Agriculture Environment and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | FAIR |
| Coordinating body | EC |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | NE Atlantic, N North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 52 Description: Surface S only |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of stations = 30 Description: Fluorometer |
| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Quantity: number of stations = 30 Description: Light sensor |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
| Ammonia | Quantity: number of stations = 26 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of samples = 30 Description: Surface Chlorophyll samples |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 30 Description: Samples in Lugols |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 30 Description: Stations, 4 depth layers |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 30 Description: Stations |
| Meteorology | |
| Incident radiation | Quantity: activity duration in days = 7 Description: hourly average irradiance |
