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RV Cefas Endeavour 07/11
Cruise plan
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Cefas Endeavour (74E9) |
Cruise identifier | 07/11 |
Cruise period | 2011-04-28 — 2011-05-07 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | Aims
To describe the size and species structure of epifaunal communities in the Celtic Sea to provide production and diversity estimates. This will support the validation of models of benthic production and diversity in the Celtic Sea (Defra MF1001). Narrative RV CEFAS ENDEAVOUR will sail from Lowestoft on 28th April and steam south to south-west to begin collection of infauna (Hamon grab) and associated biological data (2m beam trawl) from a grid covering ICES area VIIe (Start point/Lyme Bay and south of the Scilly Isles). RV CEFAS ENDEAVOUR will return to port in Lowestoft on 7 May. |
Chief scientist | Brian F M Harley (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory) |
Cruise programme | (0.02 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel |
Specific | Southwestern Approaches (ICES area VIIe) |
Track charts | (0.03 MB) |