Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 4/51 |
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Cruise period | 1951-07-26 — 1951-08-04 |
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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 | Fisheries |
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Objectives | Investigation of the distribution of autumn spawned herring larvae in the North Sea and the carrying out of the first Fladen survey. |
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Chief scientist | Alan Saville (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.11 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: A number of temperature, salinity, oxygen, phosphate and pH measurements were collected during the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Oxygen | Description: A number of temperature, salinity, oxygen, phosphate and pH measurements were collected during the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Phosphate | Description: A number of temperature, salinity, oxygen, phosphate and pH measurements were collected during the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
pH | Description: A number of temperature, salinity, oxygen, phosphate and pH measurements were collected during the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Zooplankton | Description: A number of plankton samples were collected throughout the cruise.
No. of samples not noted. |
Pelagic fish | Description: A number of hauls were made thoughout the cruise. Flat fish were sparse throughout the cruise.
No. of hauls not noted. |
Demersal fish | Description: A number of hauls were made thoughout the cruise. Flat fish were sparse throughout the cruise.
No. of hauls not noted. |