RV Corella 6/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 6/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-04-17 — 1974-04-23 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Aim:
To carry out an inshore survey of the English south coast for fish eggs and larvae using a 50 cm high-speed tow net. Additional Late Aims: To collect live turbot eggs using a neuston net if conditions permit. To make a preliminary investigation of the vertical distribution of pilchard eggs. To collect seawater from west of the Isles of Scilly To collect dinoflagellate samples for Dr Dodge from off the East Anglian coast. |
| Chief scientist | David J Symonds (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea Celtic Sea |
| Specific | Dunwich, North Foreland to Isles of Scilly |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 44 Description: S surface only |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Description: turbidity |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Description: dissolved |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: chlorophyll-a |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 1 |
| Neuston | Quantity: number of samples = 1 |
| Nekton | Quantity: number of stations = 58 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 58 Description: distribution |
| Exploratory fishing | Quantity: number of stations = 58 |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | Quantity: number of observations = 61 |
