FRV Scotia 0687S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 0687S |
| Cruise period | 1987-06-17 — 1987-07-07 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Benthic surveys, sewage sludge observations in Clyde and Garroch Head Hydro-chemical survey; current meters; mini-hydro survey of Fair Isle area; Faroe-Shetland Channel hydrographic survey |
| Chief scientist | Ian M Davies (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), J H Anthony Martin (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | Part NANSEN |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Clyde and Garroch Head, Fair Isle, Faroe-Shetland Channel, NW North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 12 Description: calibration only 6 in NANSEN data set |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 34 Description: data received by ICES but rejected |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of samples = 105 |
| Current meters | Description: 4 deployed; 115 days |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Trace elements | Quantity: number of samples = 100 |
| Contamination | |
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of samples = 100 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of samples = 100 |
| Birds |
