FRV Scarba 8A/71
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scarba (74RG) |
| Cruise identifier | 8A/71 |
| Cruise period | 1971-10-14 — 1971-11-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a pre-recruit demersal fish and environmental survey of the northern North Sea.
2. To bring back live fish to the aquarium. |
| Chief scientist | Arthur S Jermyn (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), John R G Hislop (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.13 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Norwegian Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of profiles = 26 Description: mechanical |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 26 Description: 8 top & bottom only |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: 26 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: 26 |
| Nitrite | Quantity: 26 |
| Ammonia | Quantity: 26 |
| Contamination | |
| Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: 3 Description: chemical pollution |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 26 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: 27 |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 26 |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 26 |
