Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 1/53 |
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Cruise period | 1953-02-06 — 1953-02-23 |
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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 | Hydrography, plankton & trawling surveys. |
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Chief scientist | Richard B Burns (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.18 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: A number of temperature, salinity, oxygen and phosphate measurements were collected.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Oxygen | Description: A number of temperature, salinity, oxygen and phosphate measurements were collected.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Phosphate | Description: A number of temperature, salinity, oxygen and phosphate measurements were collected.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Zooplankton | Description: A number of plankton hauls were made during the cruise.
No. of hauls not noted. |
Pelagic fish | Description: A number of trawls were made during the cruise. Catches of haddock, whiting and flat-fish were made.
No. of hauls not noted. |
Demersal fish | Description: A number of trawls were made during the cruise. Catches of haddock, whiting and flat-fish were made.
No. of hauls not noted. |