Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
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Cruise identifier | 10/78 |
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Cruise period | 1978-07-06 — 1978-07-18 |
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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 lay eight current meter rigs in the Tyne-Tees area. These 8 stations will complement the two stations already established
2. To carry out the third of the 4 water quality surveys in the Tyne area planned for 1978 with additional sampling for metal analysis.
3. To carry out the third of the 4 water quality surveys planned for
1978 in the Tees area.
4. To collect water samples in the Tyne-Tees area and offshore to provide information on hydrocarbon levels as part of a general study of these
levels in UK waters.
5. To test the towed body and Alden recorder in conjunction with the Acoustic Release system. |
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Chief scientist | A R Folkard (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.30 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
Water bottle stations | |
Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 8 |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Oxygen | |
Phosphate | |
Nitrate | Description: continuous |
Nitrite | |
Ammonia | |
Silicate | |
Contamination | |
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Suspended matter | |
Trace metals | |
Petroleum residues | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | |