FRV Scotia 4/70
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 4/70 |
| Cruise period | 1970-04-23 — 1970-06-02 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The objectives of the cruise, which was in two parts, were (i) a trawl survey of the shelf area of the northern North Sea and associated environmental sampling and (ii) an environmental survey of the Norwegian Deeps. |
| Chief scientist | James A Adams (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.22 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 94 Description: top & bottom only 1 with S only |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: 94 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: 87 |
| Nitrite | Quantity: 73 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 94 |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: 10 Description: international standard net |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: 94 Description: Gulf III type,W.P.3 nets |
