Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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| Cruise identifier | 9/57 |
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| Cruise period | 1957-10-04 — 1957-10-21 |
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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 | Hydro-biological surveys. |
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| Chief scientist | Alan Saville (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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| Cruise report | (0.08 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
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| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
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| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: A number of temperature and salinity measurements were made throughout the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Zooplankton | Description: A number of plankton hauls were made throughout the cruise. Plankton abundance was fairly high.
No. of hauls not noted. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
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| Multi-beam echosounding | Description: The echo-sounder was run throughout the duration of the cruise. |