FRV Scarba 7/71
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scarba (74RG) |
| Cruise identifier | 7/71 |
| Cruise period | 1971-09-24 — 1971-10-11 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To lay and uplift an array of 4 current meter moorings within 20 miles f the Aberdeenshire coast. A mooring laid at the western edge of Aberdeen Bank will support a temperature profile recorder in addition to current meters.
2. To carry out measurements designed to resolve the variability of physical factors and of zooplankton. |
| Chief scientist | Harry D Dooley (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | 57.18-41N 01.18-55W |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 79 Description: 33 top & bottom only |
| Subsurface temperature measurements | Description: autom.read. |
| Current meters | |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Nitrate | Quantity: 79 |
| Ammonia | Quantity: 71 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | |
| Zooplankton |
