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FRV Explorer 2/72
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 2/72 |
| Cruise period | 1972-02-07 — 1972-02-23 |
| Status | Completed |
| Objectives | 2 EP/1972 |
| Chief scientist | George McPherson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 47 Description: 46 with S only |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: 24 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: 24 |
| Silicate | Quantity: 23 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 22 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: 24 |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 47 |
