FRV Scotia 3/72

Cruise plan

Cruise Info.
Ship name (ship code)	FRV Scotia (749S)
Cruise identifier	3/72
Cruise period	1972-06-25 — 1972-07-26
Status	Completed
Objectives	5 SP/1972
Chief scientist	Graham Topping (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Ocean/sea areas
General	Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
Measurements
Physical oceanography
Water bottle stations	Quantity: number of stations = 93 Description: including temperature and salinity bridge
Subsurface temperature measurements
Optics (eg underwater light levels)	Quantity: number of stations = 21 Description: transmissometer
Current meters	Description: 7 days
Surface drifters/drifting buoys	Description: drogues
Chemical oceanography
Oxygen	Quantity: number of stations = 78
Phosphate	Quantity: number of stations = 86
Nitrate	Quantity: number of stations = 78
Ammonia	Quantity: number of stations = 85
Silicate	Quantity: number of stations = 77
Trace elements	Quantity: number of stations = 87 Description: 78 trace metals in plankton
Biology and fisheries
Primary productivity	Quantity: number of stations = 8
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)	Quantity: number of samples = 167
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON)	Quantity: number of stations = 26
Phytoplankton	Quantity: number of stations = 92
Zooplankton	Quantity: number of stations = 92
Neuston	Quantity: number of samples = 10
Zoobenthos	Quantity: number of samples = 2
Geology and geophysics
Bottom photography	Quantity: number of deployments = 10