Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 6/62 |
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Cruise period | 1962-06-06 — 1962-06-25 |
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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 | Hydrography, plankton and echo-sounding. |
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Chief scientist | Robert Johnston (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.12 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Grab | Quantity: number of deployments = 20 Description: zoobenthos sampling |
Single-beam echosounding | Description: continuous record maintained |