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FRV Scotia 5B/60

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FRV Scotia (747S)
Cruise identifier5B/60
Cruise period1960-06-30 — 1960-07-06
StatusCompleted
Port of departureAberdeen, United Kingdom
Port of returnLeith, United Kingdom
PurposeFisheries
ObjectivesProductivity programme.
Firth of Forth Nephrops survey.
Trawling.
Norway lobster survey.
Chief scientistJohn H Steele (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Cruise reportFRV Scotia 5B/60 cruise report sc05_60.pdf (0.18 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Description: productivity survey, salinity
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements
Chemical oceanography 
PhosphateDescription: productivity survey
NitrateDescription: productivity survey
Biology and fisheries 
Primary productivityDescription: productivity survey, C14 samples
Primary productivityDescription: productivity survey, Gulf III hauls
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Description: productivity survey, chlorphyll and leptopel
Phytoplankton
Zooplankton
Pelagic fishQuantity: number of hauls = 21
CrustaceansQuantity: number of hauls = 4
Description: nephrops survey
Geology and geophysics 
Single-beam echosounding