Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 4/70 |
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Cruise period | 1970-04-23 — 1970-06-02 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | The objectives of the cruise, which was in two parts, were (i) a trawl survey of the shelf area of the northern North Sea and associated environmental sampling and (ii) an environmental survey of the Norwegian Deeps. |
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Chief scientist | James A Adams (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.22 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 94 Description: top & bottom only 1 with S only |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Phosphate | Quantity: 94 |
Nitrate | Quantity: 87 |
Nitrite | Quantity: 73 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 94 |
Phytoplankton | Quantity: 10 Description: international standard net |
Zooplankton | Quantity: 94 Description: Gulf III type,W.P.3 nets |