Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
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Cruise identifier | CLI10/79 |
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Cruise period | 1979-09-27 — 1979-10-17 |
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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 carry out a survey of 0- and I-group gadoids using the Granton trawl and frame trawl.
2. To tag young cod along the Irish coast for studies of recruitment.
3. To study tagging mortality in plaice.
4. To repeat the groundfish survey of Cardigan Bay.
5. To study the distribution of zooplankton in relation to fronts in the northern Irish Sea.
6. To collect samples for monitoring of pesticide residue and metal levels in fish.
7. To collect samples of hearts for quantitative heart weight studies. |
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Chief scientist | Keith M Brander (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.29 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | 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) | |
Transparency (eg transmissometer) | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 18 |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 75 |