FRV Scotia 3/68
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 3/68 |
| Cruise period | 1968-04-24 — 1968-05-08 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Collected an instrumented buoy in Skagen. Steemed to 1° E to commence work on the trwal and plankton stations to 4° E. Environmental stations were worked across Skagerrak and along the west coast of Norway. |
| Chief scientist | Norman T Nicoll (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: temperature recorded throughout |
| Bathythermograph | Description: records obtained |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 4 Description: dahn current meters |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | Description: carbon samples taken at all stations |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: chlorophyll a samples taken at all stations |
| Phytoplankton | Description: plankton survey |
| Zooplankton | Description: plankton survey |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 11 Description: trawl, mainly haddock |
| Crustaceans | Description: a few nephrops stations |
| Taggings | Description: several cod |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: several cod examined for nematodes |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: samples for parasitology |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: activity duration in days = 5 Description: records |
