Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 3/62 |
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Cruise period | 1962-03-03 — 1962-03-19 |
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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, trawling and echo-sounding. |
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Chief scientist | Jake H Fraser (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 North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: hydrography |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: hydrography |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Oxygen | Description: water chemistry |
Phosphate | Description: water chemistry |
Nitrate | Description: water chemistry |
Silicate | Description: water chemistry |
Trace elements | Description: water chemistry |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Primary productivity | |
Phytoplankton | Description: Gulf III samples at all stations; standard and townet as scheduled |
Zooplankton | Description: Gulf III samples at all stations; standard and townet as scheduled |
Pelagic fish | Description: Vinge trawl hauls included: whiting,herring, sprat and haddock |
Demersal fish | Description: Vinge trawl hauls included: gadoids, plaice and cod |
Crustaceans | Description: Vinge trawls hauls, included: nephrops |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: whiting gall bladder samples |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Single-beam echosounding | Description: record |