British Viking BV0987
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | British Viking (74VB) |
| Cruise identifier | BV0987 |
| Cruise period | 1987-09-08 — 1987-09-28 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. To participate in the ICES International Herring Larval Survey in ICES Divisions Iva(N) and Iva.
2. To obtain hydrographic and plankton samples as part of a study on herring larval patch ecology. Duplicate roscop no 3364. |
| Chief scientist | Paul W Rankine (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | Herring Larval Survey |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Atlantic Ocean North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: whole cruise |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: 3 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: 3 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 3 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: 237 Description: tows dutch gulf 3 |
