FRV Scotia 6/62
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 6/62 |
| Cruise period | 1962-06-06 — 1962-06-25 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Hydrography, plankton and echo-sounding. |
| Chief scientist | Robert Johnston (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 33 Description: hydrography |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 33 Description: hydrography |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 33 |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 33 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 33 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 33 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 124 Description: Gulf III 54, 1 metre mesh 14, standard net 20 and plankton indicator 37 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 124 Description: Gulf III 54, 1 metre mesh 14, standard net 20 and plankton indicator 37 |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of observations = 20 Description: samples taken by grab |
| Pelagic fish | Description: Vinge trawl, including: haddock, whiting and herring |
| Demersal fish | Description: Vinge trawl hauls included cod, dogfish, flatfish, lemon sole and gadoids |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of specimens = 250 Description: whiting gall bladder for parsite examination |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of deployments = 20 Description: zoobenthos sampling |
| Single-beam echosounding | Description: continuous record maintained |
