RV Corella 12/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 12/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-07-30 — 1974-08-07 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To survey the distribution of selected dissolved trace metals (cadmium,
copper, nickel and zinc) in the English Channel between the Straits of Dover and Lands End/Ushant. 2. To compare surface sampling techniques for the collection of trace metal samples. 3. To intercalibrate methods of trace metal analysis between the Hydrographic Section, the Fisheries Radiobiology Laboratory and the Institute of Marine Environmental Reseach (IMER) Plymouth. |
| Chief scientist | Peter G W Jones (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.15 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 115 Description: 74 surface and 39 surface and bottom |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Trace elements | Quantity: number of stations = 74 |
| Contamination | |
| Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 74 Description: chemical pollutants |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 1 |
| Pelagic bacteria/micro-organisms | Quantity: number of samples = 1 |
| Meteorology | |
| Routine standard measurements |
