Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 9/60 |
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Cruise period | 1960-10-15 — 1960-10-24 |
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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 | Hydrography, plankton and echosounding surveys. Cruise cut short due to bad weather. |
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Chief scientist | George McPherson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.06 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 24 |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 24 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 24 |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 24 |
Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 24 Description: herring larvae |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Single-beam echosounding | Description: no plume traces observed |