Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 5/63 |
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Cruise period | 1963-05-23 — 1963-06-10 |
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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 trawling. |
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Chief scientist | Zbigniew Kabata (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.08 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 = 61 Description: hydrography |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 61 Description: hydrography |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 61 |
Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 61 |
Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 61 |
Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 61 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 61 Description: chlorophyll samples |
Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 61 Description: plankton samples |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 61 Description: plankton samples |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 51 Description: trawls including: haddock, whiting and herring |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 51 Description: trawls including: dogfish and cod |
Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 121 Description: cod |