Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
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Cruise identifier | CLI15/76 |
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Cruise period | 1976-10-26 — 1976-11-09 |
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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 | Part 1:
1. Survey distribution and abundance of planktonic organisms.
2. Continuous moniring of subsurface environmental parameters.
3. Fluorometric, nutrient analysis of samples at each survey station.
4. Sampling young fish with 2 sq m frame trawl.
5. Sampling with 2 m ring net (neuston).
6. Release of sea bed drifters at selected stations.
7. Collection of live plankton.
8. Collection of fish samples for metal analysis.
Part 2:
1. Sector scanner/sidescan survey of bottom topography in Tees Bay, Druridge Bay, Filey Bay.
2. Collection of fish for stomach content analysis using mid water trawl. |
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Chief scientist | David J Garrod (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.18 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: track kilometres = 2309.444 |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 116 Description: 93 T surface |
Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: track kilometres = 2309.444 |
Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of deployments = 700 Description: bottom |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Oxygen | Quantity: track kilometres = 2309.444 |
Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 116 |
Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 116 |
Nitrite | Quantity: number of stations = 116 |
Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 116 |
pH | Quantity: track kilometres = 2309.444 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: track kilometres = 2309.444 |
Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 116 |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 116 |
Neuston | Quantity: number of stations = 42 |
Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 116 Description: survey:taxonomy etc. |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 29 |
Meteorology | |
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Incident radiation | Quantity: activity duration in days = 11 |
Other meteorological measurements | Quantity: number of observations = 103 Description: sea and swell |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: number of hauls = 78 |