Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 9/62 |
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Cruise period | 1962-09-11 — 1962-09-30 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Leith, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Fisheries |
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Objectives | Herring larval survey. |
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Chief scientist | Robert Johnston (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.12 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | |
Current meters | Quantity: number of observations = 500 Description: bottom current markers |
Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of observations = 50 Description: drift indicators |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Oxygen | |
Phosphate | |
Nitrate | |
Silicate | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 227 Description: 108 Gulf III, 18 1m silk net, 5 standard net and 84 plankton indicator |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 227 Description: 108 Gulf III, 18 1m silk net, 5 standard net and 84 plankton indicator |
Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 227 Description: herring larvae in plankton |
Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 Description: trawls for nephrops |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Single-beam echosounding | Description: few traces |