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FRV Scotia 0187S
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
Cruise identifier | 0187S |
Cruise period | 1987-01-07 — 1987-01-27 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | Survey of sewage sludge dumpling grounds in Firth of Clyde and North Channel. Hydro-chemical and hydrography at shelf edge West of Hebrides |
Chief scientist | Graham Topping (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), J H Anthony Martin (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.16 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
Specific | Firth of Clyde, NW North Sea |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 61 |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 14 |
Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of stations = 36 |
Current meters | Quantity: number of stations = 4 Description: 4 deployed;92 days |
Chemical oceanography | |
Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 58 |
Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 58 |
Contamination | |
Suspended matter | Quantity: number of samples = 81 |
Trace metals | Quantity: number of samples = 81 |
Bottom deposits | |
Contaminants in organisms | |
Biology and fisheries | |
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of samples = 460 |