RV Corella 1/77
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 1/77 |
| Cruise period | 1977-01-05 — 1977-01-12 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To collect two samples of sea water for the ICES international inter-calibration of trace metals.
2. To collect samples between the Thames Estuary and the Hook of Holland for the analysis of trace metals in suspended particulate material and filtered water samples. 3. To survey the distribution of nutrient salts in the southern North Sea in order to monitor trends towards eutrophication. |
| Chief scientist | Peter G W Jones (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Project | ICES co-operative programme |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 115 Description: surface 5 S bottom |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 115 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 115 |
| Nitrite | Quantity: number of stations = 115 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 115 |
| Trace elements | Quantity: number of stations = 11 |
| Contamination | |
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of stations = 11 |
