FRV Scotia 5/79
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 5/79 |
| Cruise period | 1979-05-08 — 1979-05-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Nutrient and plankton survey to the east of the Shetlands. |
| Chief scientist | Norman T Nicoll (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Norwegian Sea |
| Specific | East, northeast and southeast of Shetland |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 10 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 10 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | Quantity: number of samples = 76 |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of samples = 76 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 109 |
| Neuston | Quantity: number of samples = 3 |
