FRV Scotia 8/60
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/60 |
| Cruise period | 1960-09-10 — 1960-09-29 |
| Status | Completed |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Hydrography, plankton and trawling surveys. |
| Chief scientist | Robert E Craig (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 40 Description: samples taken |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 40 Description: samples taken |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 40 Description: samples taken |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 40 Description: samples taken |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 40 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 40 |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of stations = 40 Description: trawl: herring, haddock and Norway pout |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 40 Description: trawl: G. esmarkii, Sebastes, Argentina and Callionymus |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of stations = 40 Description: trawl: nephrops |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: various fish collected |
