Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 5A/54 |
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Cruise period | 1954-07-05 — 1954-07-24 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Greenock, United Kingdom |
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Objectives | North-west Atlantic Survey Part 1.
Hydrography, chemistry, chlorophyll, plankton, fishing, echo-sounding, continuous plankton recorder tests. |
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Chief scientist | Robert Johnston (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.20 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North West Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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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 collected during the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Oxygen | Description: A number of temperature, oxygen and phosphate measurements were collected during the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Phosphate | Description: A number of temperature, oxygen and phosphate measurements were collected during the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: A number of chlorophyll samples were collected during the cruise.
No. of samples not noted. |
Phytoplankton | Description: A number of plankton hauls were made thoughout the cruise.
No. of hauls not noted. |
Zooplankton | Description: A number of plankton hauls were made thoughout the cruise.
No. of hauls not noted. |