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FRV Scotia 1384S
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
Cruise identifier | 1384S |
Cruise period | 1984-11-08 — 1984-11-22 |
Status | Completed |
Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. Hydrographic work in the Faroe-Shetland Channel.
2. Trace metal analysis and hydrographic sampling to the west of Scotland, in the Firth of Clyde and in the Irish Sea. 3. Radio-caesium sampling at 4 standard positions. |
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 Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
Specific | Faroe-Shetland Channel, Minches, Firth of Clyde, northern Irish Sea, Fair Isle Channel, NW North Sea |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 94 |
Chemical oceanography | |
Phosphate | Quantity: number of samples = 111 |
Nitrate | Quantity: number of samples = 81 |
Silicate | Quantity: number of samples = 79 |
Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 4 Description: water samples collected for radio-caesium analysis. |
Contamination | |
Suspended matter | Quantity: number of samples = 136 |
Trace metals | Quantity: number of samples = 110 |