FRV Scotia 8/65
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/65 |
| Cruise period | 1965-09-02 — 1965-09-17 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Work on the North Sea Survey. |
| Chief scientist | Jake H Fraser (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.16 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Description: drift markers, indicators and drift bottles were released at all stations |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Description: samples taken according to instruction |
| Phosphate | Description: samples taken according to instruction |
| Nitrate | Description: samples taken according to instruction |
| Silicate | Description: samples taken according to instruction |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 147 Description: Gulf III |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 147 Description: Gulf III |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of samples = 147 Description: Gulf III |
| Eggs and larvae | Description: herring larvae |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 Description: prawn trawl, nephrops caught |
