FRV Scotia 0695S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 0695S |
| Cruise period | 1995-04-11 — 1995-04-17 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. Braer oil spill effects on benthos and hydrocarbon loadings in sediments and fish.
2. Locating and delineating single well drilling sites, where pseudo-oil based muds have been used, using RoxAnn and sampling sediments from these sites. |
| Chief scientist | Alistair D McIntosh (Scottish Office Agriculture Environment and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.05 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | North of Aberdeen, Shetland waters |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Other chemical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 26 |
| Contamination | |
| Petroleum residues | Quantity: number of stations = 32 |
| Petroleum residues | Quantity: number of stations = 26 |
| Petroleum residues | Quantity: number of stations = 8 |
| Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 8 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of stations = 20 |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 8 Description: Stations, trawl |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of stations = 20 Description: macrobenthos |
| Grab | Quantity: number of stations = 32 Description: Day grab |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of stations = 26 Description: Craib corer |
| Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: activity duration in days = 2 Description: RoxAnn |
