FRV Scotia 5/78
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 5/78 |
| Cruise period | 1978-05-02 — 1978-05-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Zoopankton, pigments and nutrients survey in Northwestern North Sea and Shetland Islands region. |
| Chief scientist | James A Adams (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Norwegian Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Northwestern North Sea and Shetland Islands region |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 14 |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 14 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of samples = 33 |
| Zooplankton | Description: survey for distribution, energy transfer and population studies |
| Eggs and larvae |
