RV Cirolana CIR3/80
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR3/80 |
| Cruise period | 1980-02-26 — 1980-03-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Objectives | Physical/ Biology. Co-operative programme with U.K,The Netherlands and Belgium. |
| Chief scientist | Derek Harding (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | S. North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: track kilometres = 4592.96 |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 502 Description: surface only 1 with S only |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of stations = 450 |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 9 |
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 18 |
| Instrumented wave measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 4592.96 Description: 2480 nm |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 251 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 251 |
| Nitrite | Quantity: number of stations = 251 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 251 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: track kilometres = 4592.96 Description: chlorophyll-a |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 251 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 261 Description: survey,Bongo nets |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of samples = 261 Description: 2480nm,5 survey grids:distribution,taxonomy,energy transfers |
