RV Clione CLI5/78
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI5/78 |
| Cruise period | 1978-04-04 — 1978-04-07 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To study the distribution of sandeel larvae around the shoal.
2. To obtain bottom sediment and suspended sediment samples on and around the shoal. 3. To monitor sub-surface water for temperature, salinity, transparency and chlorophyll-a. 4. To survey the area using the sector scanner. |
| Chief scientist | Arthur J Lee (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 32 |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of stations = 32 |
| Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | Quantity: number of deployments = 13 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 32 |
| pH | Quantity: number of stations = 32 |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Quantity: number of stations = 26 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 29 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 29 Description: distribution |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Bottom photography | |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Description: sector scanning sonar |
