FRV Scotia 5/63
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 5/63 |
| Cruise period | 1963-05-23 — 1963-06-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Hydrography, plankton and trawling. |
| Chief scientist | Zbigniew Kabata (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 61 Description: hydrography |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 61 Description: hydrography |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 61 |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 61 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 61 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 61 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 61 Description: chlorophyll samples |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 61 Description: plankton samples |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 61 Description: plankton samples |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 51 Description: trawls including: haddock, whiting and herring |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 51 Description: trawls including: dogfish and cod |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 121 Description: cod |
