Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 1/55 |
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Cruise period | 1955-02-13 — 1955-02-19 |
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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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Objectives | Hydrography, plankton & trawling surveys. |
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Chief scientist | Robert Johnston (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.07 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: A number of stations were worked during the period of the cruise.
No. of stations not noted. |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Zooplankton | Description: A number of plankton samples were collected throughout the cruise. Catches were uniformly poor.
No. of samples not noted. |
Demersal fish | Description: A number of stations were worked during the period of the cruise.
No. of stations not noted. |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Multi-beam echosounding | Description: The echo-sounder was in continuous operation throughout the cruise. |