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FRV Scotia 5/77
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
Cruise identifier | 5/77 |
Cruise period | 1977-11-01 — 1977-11-20 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Greenock, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Greenock, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | Deployment of two current meter moorings west of Islay and Mull. Zoobenthos and geological sampling in the sound of Jura, the Minches and the Atlantic on a line running NW from Cape Wrath |
Chief scientist | James A Sinclair (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), Richard G J Shelton (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
Specific | North and west of Scotland, Minches, north of Ireland |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 14 |
Biology and fisheries | |
Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of samples = 20 |
Crustaceans | Quantity: number of samples = 4 |
Geology and geophysics | |
Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 15 |
Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 5 |