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FRV Scotia 5/63

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FRV Scotia (747S)
Cruise identifier5/63
Cruise period1963-05-23 — 1963-06-10
StatusCompleted
Port of departureAberdeen, United Kingdom
Port of returnAberdeen, United Kingdom
PurposeFisheries
ObjectivesHydrography, plankton and trawling.
Chief scientistZbigniew Kabata (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Cruise reportFRV Scotia 5/63 cruise report sc05_63.pdf (0.08 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Quantity: number of stations = 61
Description: hydrography
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurementsQuantity: number of stations = 61
Description: hydrography
Chemical oceanography 
OxygenQuantity: number of stations = 61
PhosphateQuantity: number of stations = 61
NitrateQuantity: number of stations = 61
SilicateQuantity: number of stations = 61
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of stations = 61
Description: chlorophyll samples
PhytoplanktonQuantity: number of stations = 61
Description: plankton samples
ZooplanktonQuantity: number of stations = 61
Description: plankton samples
Pelagic fishQuantity: number of hauls = 51
Description: trawls including: haddock, whiting and herring
Demersal fishQuantity: number of hauls = 51
Description: trawls including: dogfish and cod
TaggingsQuantity: number of specimens = 121
Description: cod