Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 5/49 |
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Cruise period | 1949-04-25 — 1949-05-22 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Aims:
1. Hydrographic and plankton surveys of section A of the ICES programme, and of a section from south Iceland to the Sound of Harris.
2. Trawling surveys of the western Faroes and southern Iceland grounds. |
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Chief scientist | Basil B Parrish (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.38 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Atlantic Ocean |
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Specific | Hebrides-Faroe-Iceland
Iceland-Hebrides section. |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: Temperature, salinity and oxygen samples were collected throughout the cruise.
No. of samples not noted. |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Oxygen | Description: Temperature, salinity and oxygen samples were collected throughout the cruise.
No. of samples not noted. |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Zooplankton | Description: A number of zooplankton samples were collected throughout the cruise.
No. of samples not noted. |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 5 Description: A number of trawls were made throughout the cruise. Scales and otoliths were collected from some of the caught fish. |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 5 Description: A number of trawls were made throughout the cruise. Scales and otoliths were collected from some of the caught fish. |