Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 6A/58 |
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Cruise period | 1958-07-04 — 1958-07-13 |
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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 | Plankton survey covering the whole of the Shetland herring grounds. |
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Chief scientist | Jake H Fraser (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.34 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Specific | Shetland herring grounds |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of measurements = 36 Description: A number of temperature, phosphate, nitrate and silica measurements were collected throughout the cruise. |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Phosphate | Quantity: number of measurements = 36 Description: A number of temperature, phosphate, nitrate and silica measurements were collected throughout the cruise. |
Nitrate | Quantity: number of measurements = 36 Description: A number of temperature, phosphate, nitrate and silica measurements were collected throughout the cruise. |
Silicate | Quantity: number of measurements = 36 Description: A number of temperature, phosphate, nitrate and silica measurements were collected throughout the cruise. |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Multi-beam echosounding | Description: A number of echo-traces were made throughout the cruise. A number of traces were noted.
No. of deployments not noted. |