Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
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Cruise identifier | 16/75 |
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Cruise period | 1975-10-22 — 1975-11-05 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To investigate by a programme of grabbing, dredging and trawling the dispersal grounds in the following areas: Exeter, Plymouth, Bristol Channel and Liverpool Bay.
2. To collect samples of sediment, benthos and fish from these areas for chemical analysis.
3. To collect samples of sediment for ship board analysis for coliform bacteria.
4. To collect samples of sediment for general microbiological investigation and assessment of techniques.
5. To collect a sample of dinoflagellates for Dr J Dodge. |
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Chief scientist | I C White (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Burnham Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.13 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Bristol Channel |
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Specific | Rough Towers, Exeter, Plymouth, Bristol Channel, Liverpool Bay |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of deployments = 575 Description: bottom drifters released on 4 stations in the Bristol Channel |
Contamination | |
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Trace metals | Quantity: number of stations = 194 Description: sediment samples |
Petroleum residues | Quantity: number of stations = 42 Description: sediment samples |
Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 194 Description: waste water and microbiology |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Benthic bacteria/micro-organisms | Quantity: number of samples = 194 Description: sediment survey:population,distribution etc. |
Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of stations = 210 Description: grab, dredge, Assagiz trawl, scallop dredge, boxcore |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Dredge | Quantity: number of stations = 194 Description: grab and anchor dredge for physical/chemical analysis of sediments |
Grab | Quantity: number of stations = 194 Description: grab and anchor dredge for physical/chemical analysis of sediments |