Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 9/66 |
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Cruise period | 1966-11-01 — 1966-11-22 |
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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 | Routine survey of the North Sea. |
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Chief scientist | John R G Hislop (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.09 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 = 38 Description: water samples |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 38 Description: water samples |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Primary productivity | Quantity: number of hauls = 38 Description: carbon samples and multi-depth indicator |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 38 Description: chlorophyll a samples and multi-depth indicator |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 3 Description: pesticide residue analysis |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 25 Description: trawls including haddock and whiting |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 25 Description: trawls including cod |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: samples of haddock guts and cod examined for nematodes |