Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 9/51 |
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Cruise period | 1951-11-13 — 1951-11-22 |
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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 | Trials |
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Objectives | Trials with the pelagic trawl.
Hydro-biological survey of Fladen Ground. |
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Chief scientist | Basil B Parrish (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), Robert W Ellis (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.44 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | Aberdeen-Firth of Forth |
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Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: A number of temperature, oxygen and phosphate measurements were taken.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Oxygen | Description: A number of temperature, oxygen and phosphate measurements were taken.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Phosphate | Description: A number of temperature, oxygen and phosphate measurements were taken.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Zooplankton | Description: A number of plankton hauls were made throughout the cruise.
No. of hauls not noted. |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 15 Description: A number of hauls were made using the pelagic trawl. |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 11 Description: A number of hauls were made throughout the cruise.
No. of hauls not noted. |
Gear research | Quantity: number of hauls = 15 Description: A number of hauls were made using the pelagic trawl. |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Multi-beam echosounding | Description: The echo-sounder ran continuously throughout the cruise. |