FRV Scotia 7/79
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 7/79 |
| Cruise period | 1979-06-29 — 1979-07-18 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Greenock, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Working CTD and plankton stations along sections to the north and west of Scotland. |
| Chief scientist | Harry D Dooley (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Rockall, Minches, north of Scotland, Faroe-Shetland Channel and northwestern North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 98 Description: Surface sample only at 11 stations |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 27 |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 14 Description: Current meters - 12 recovered; 18,5 days based on 12 returns. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 8 |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 54 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 64 |
| Total - N | Quantity: number of stations = 4 |
| Ammonia | Quantity: number of stations = 22 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 54 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | Quantity: number of stations = 6 |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 8 Description: Cts chlorohyll fluorescence |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 63 |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of stations = 8 Description: POC and PON |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of stations = 8 |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 14 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 12 |
