FRV Scotia 1087S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 1087S |
| Cruise period | 1987-10-07 — 1987-10-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a survey of the distribution of herring larvae, plankton and hydrographic parameters in the northwestern North Sea.
2. To perform a series of intensive studies of the vertical distribution of herring larvae. 3. To collect water samples for radio-caesium analysis. |
| Chief scientist | Mike R Heath (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | ACE |
| Coordinating body | DAFS |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | NW North Sea, east coast of Scotland, east of Orkney |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: 10 min intervals |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 100 Description: bottom salinity |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 200 |
| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Quantity: number of stations = 25 |
| Current meters | Description: 4 deployed; 3 days |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Description: 3 deployed |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 60 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 60 |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of stations = 3 Description: water samples collected for radio-caesium analysis. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | Quantity: number of stations = 15 |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 120 |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of stations = 80 |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 40 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 380 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of samples = 290 Description: distribution, behaviour and description of communities. |
| Meteorology | |
| Incident radiation | Description: 5 min intervals |
