FRV Scotia 9/60
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 9/60 |
| Cruise period | 1960-10-15 — 1960-10-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Hydrography, plankton and echosounding surveys. Cruise cut short due to bad weather. |
| Chief scientist | George McPherson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 24 |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 24 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 24 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 24 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 24 Description: herring larvae |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Description: no plume traces observed |
