RV Clione CLI11/76
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI11/76 |
| Cruise period | 1976-07-03 — 1976-07-19 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To investigate by a programme of grabbing, trawling, hydrographic
and underwater camera observations the disposal grounds off Harwich, Thames, Isle of Wight, Exeter and Bristol Channel. 2. To collect samples of sediment, benthos and fish from these areas for chemical and microbiological analysis. |
| Chief scientist | Keith W Wilson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Quantity: number of samples = 160 |
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of samples = 140 |
| Chlorinated hydrocarbons | Quantity: number of samples = 25 |
| Bottom deposits | Quantity: number of samples = 160 |
| Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 130 Description: waste water:microbiology |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of samples = 130 Description: identification,monitoring,communities |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 130 Description: chemical analysis of sediments |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: track kilometres = 407 |
