FRV Scotia 0485S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 0485S |
| Cruise period | 1985-04-19 — 1985-05-09 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Greenock, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To retrieve 2 current meter moorings in the Clyde and work associated hydrography.
2. To retrieve 4 current meters deployed around Rockall Bank and work associated hydrography. 3. To lay a current meter mooring off Foula, Shetland. 4. To work hydrographic sections in the Faroe-Shetland Channel. 5. To sample at 4 standard radio-caesium stations and one chemical monitoring station. 6. To work the JONSIS line. 7. As time permits to do hydrographic work west of Orkney and Shetland. |
| Chief scientist | J H Anthony Martin (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Rockall Bank, Faroe-Shetland Channel, JONSIS Line, Orkney, north and west of Scotland, Firth of Clyde |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 129 |
| Current meters | Description: 13 deployed;9 rec.;6770 hours of Rockall;2 depl.& rec.;624 hours of Clyde |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 14 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 14 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 63 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 12 |
