FRV Scotia 4/80
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 4/80 |
| Cruise period | 1980-04-30 — 1980-05-18 |
| Status | Completed |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Physical/ Chemistry/ Hydro |
| 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 | East of Orkney, Rockall Plateau, Rockall Trough, Rosemary Bank, continental shelf northwest of Islay |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 111 |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 61 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 30 |
| Total - P | Quantity: number of stations = 14 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 48 |
| Total - N | Quantity: number of stations = 14 |
| Ammonia | Quantity: number of stations = 11 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 24 |
| Trace elements | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Contamination | |
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 48 |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of stations = 22 |
| Exploratory fishing | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 Description: Creeling for Geryon Affinis. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: Video recording |
