Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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| Cruise identifier | 10/60 |
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| Cruise period | 1960-11-05 — 1960-11-21 |
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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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| Purpose | Fisheries |
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| Objectives | Herring larval survey.
Parasite studies.
Hydrography and chemistry.
Plankton surveys. |
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| Chief scientist | Zbigniew Kabata (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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| Cruise report | (0.32 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
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| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
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| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 500 Description: bottom current markers |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of stations = 33 Description: drift bottles released |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of deployments = 20 Description: drift indicators |
| Chemical oceanography | |
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| Oxygen | |
| Phosphate | |
| Silicate | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 64 Description: herring larval suvey |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of stations = 4 Description: nephrops |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of stations = 14 Description: cod examined for porrocaecum |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of hauls = 10 Description: parasite studies, samples of whiting gall bladder |