FRV Scotia 0405S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (748S) | ||||
| Cruise identifier | 0405S | ||||
| Cruise period | 2005-03-11 — 2005-03-31 | ||||
| Status | Completed | ||||
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom | ||||
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom | ||||
| Purpose | Research | ||||
| Objectives | 1. Demersal trawling survey of the grounds off the north and west coasts of Scotland and Irish Sea.
2. To obtain temperature and salinity data from the surface and seabed at each trawling station. 3. Trial and evaluate the NOAA Bottom Contact Sensor. 4. Collect additional biological data in connection with the EU Data Directive 1639/2001. 5. To collect squid tissue for genetic analysis. 6. Collection of various ad hoc preserved tissue samples, live and frozen fish. 7. Identify, quantify and record all Benthic species caught. | ||||
| Chief scientist | Kevin J Peach (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) | ||||
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) | ||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) | ||||
| Specific | north and west coasts of Scotland and Irish Sea | ||||
| Track charts | (0.09 MB) | ||||
| Measurements | |||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 67 | ||||
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 67 | ||||
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: Thermosalinograph run continuously throughout the cruise. | ||||
| Biology and fisheries | |||||
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 67 Description: GOV trawls, all but one undertaken in daylight | ||||
| Molluscs | Description: All species of squid caught were frozen and returned to Aberdeen for analysis. | ||||
| Geology and geophysics | |||||
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 67 Description: NOAA bottom contact sensor deployed at each station: 30 successful deployment (remaining 37 fouled by gear or suffered instrument failure). | ||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||
| 67 CTD/STD cast | Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Salinity of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Temperature of the water column Electrical conductivity of the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Salinity of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Temperature of the water column Electrical conductivity of the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
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