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FRV Scotia 6/81
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
Cruise identifier | 6/81 |
Cruise period | 1981-06-17 — 1981-07-06 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To investigate the physical, chemical and biological factors relevant to enhanced summer phytoplankton levels off Orkney.
2. To monitor hydrographic conditions in the Faroe-Shetland Channel. 3. To commission the software and hardware being developed for hydrographic and biological instrumentation to be interfaced to the PDP 11/34 and Commodore PET computers. |
Chief scientist | Harry D Dooley (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.09 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
Specific | East of Orkney, outer Moray Firth and Faroe-Shetland Channel |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 20 |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 137 |
CTD stations | |
Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 11 Description: 5 current meters for 50days;6 current meters for 17days. |
Chemical oceanography | |
Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 102 |
Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 87 |
Total - P | |
Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 113 |
Total - N | Quantity: number of stations = 17 |
Ammonia | Quantity: number of stations = 109 |
Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 90 |
Biology and fisheries | |
Primary productivity | |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 116 |
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | |
Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC) |