FRV Scotia 1/68
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 1/68 |
| Cruise period | 1968-02-19 — 1968-03-04 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To take part in an international survey of the distribution and abundance of adolescent herring in the North Sea.
2. Hydrographic buoy work. |
| Chief scientist | George McPherson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: T only |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 33 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: 33 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: 33 |
| Nitrite | |
| Silicate | Quantity: 33 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: 33 |
