FRV Scotia 9/62
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 9/62 |
| Cruise period | 1962-09-11 — 1962-09-30 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Leith, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Herring larval survey. |
| 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) | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of observations = 500 Description: bottom current markers |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of observations = 50 Description: drift indicators |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | |
| Phosphate | |
| Nitrate | |
| Silicate | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 227 Description: 108 Gulf III, 18 1m silk net, 5 standard net and 84 plankton indicator |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 227 Description: 108 Gulf III, 18 1m silk net, 5 standard net and 84 plankton indicator |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 227 Description: herring larvae in plankton |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 Description: trawls for nephrops |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Description: few traces |
