RV Corella 1B/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 1B/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-01-11 — 1974-01-17 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To test a variety of techniques for sampling trace metals in sea water
on selected sections of the standard North Sea metal grid. 2. To collect samples for an intercalibration of techniques for analysing trace metals in sea water between laboratories in Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK. 3. To continue the seagoing trials of the Technicon Auto Analyser for measuring nutrient salts in sea water. |
| Chief scientist | Peter G W Jones (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.20 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 46 Description: 1 with S only 36 surface T only |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 36 Description: instrument development |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 36 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 36 |
| Nitrite | Quantity: number of stations = 36 |
| Ammonia | Quantity: number of stations = 36 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 36 |
| Trace elements | Quantity: number of stations = 36 |
| Contamination | |
| Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 47 Description: chemical pollutants |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 1 |
| Meteorology | |
| Routine standard measurements |
