Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 3/68 |
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Cruise period | 1968-04-24 — 1968-05-08 |
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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 | Collected an instrumented buoy in Skagen. Steemed to 1° E to commence work on the trwal and plankton stations to 4° E. Environmental stations were worked across Skagerrak and along the west coast of Norway. |
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Chief scientist | Norman T Nicoll (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.10 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: temperature recorded throughout |
Bathythermograph | Description: records obtained |
Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 4 Description: dahn current meters |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Primary productivity | Description: carbon samples taken at all stations |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: chlorophyll a samples taken at all stations |
Phytoplankton | Description: plankton survey |
Zooplankton | Description: plankton survey |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 11 Description: trawl, mainly haddock |
Crustaceans | Description: a few nephrops stations |
Taggings | Description: several cod |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: several cod examined for nematodes |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: samples for parasitology |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: activity duration in days = 5 Description: records |