FRV Explorer 8/83
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/83 |
| Cruise period | 1983-08-17 — 1983-09-01 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To perform a hydrographic, chemical, planktonic and benthic survey in the Fair Isle area.
2. To work hydro sections in the Faroe-Shetland Channel and over the Wyville-Thomson Ridge. Windy conditions restricted work |
| Chief scientist | J H Anthony Martin (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Norwegian Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Fair Isle, Wyville-Thomson Ridge, Faroe Shelf, Munken, Faroe-Shetland, Moray Firth |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: 1 |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 79 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: 12 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: 12 |
| Silicate | Quantity: 45 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 12 |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: 1 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: 12 |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: 33 |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: 33 Description: physical analysis of sediments |
