Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
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Cruise identifier | 11/82 |
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Cruise period | 1982-07-22 — 1982-07-29 |
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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 study jointly with RV CLIONE the diurnal movements of plaice on their feeding grounds by midwater trawling.
2. To carry out a benthos survey in the area to correlate food occurrence and distribution with feeding.
3. To continue measurements of irradiance in the sea. |
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Chief scientist | P Scholes (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.07 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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Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Description: near surface observations were successfully made. |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 20 Description: each of three hours duration to study behaviour |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Grab | Quantity: number of deployments = 12 |