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FRV Scotia 5/73
Cruise plan
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
Cruise identifier | 5/73 |
Cruise period | 1973-04-23 — 1973-05-18 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. Northern North Sea pre-recruit survey.
2. Environmental survey. |
Chief scientist | James A Adams (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Skagerrak North Sea |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 70 Description: Salinity only in one case |
Chemical oceanography | |
Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 69 |
Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 69 |
Total - N | Quantity: number of stations = 69 |
Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 69 |
Contamination | |
Trace metals | Quantity: number of samples = 3 Description: Concentrations in zooplankton |
Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 13 Description: oil pollution |
Biology and fisheries | |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 69 |
Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 27 Description: Phytoplankton counts |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 62 Description: Gulf III high speed sampler; samples frozen; different types of nets |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 57 Description: population surveys |