RV Clione CLI7C/84
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI7C/84 |
| Cruise period | 1984-06-17 — 1984-06-25 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Southampton, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To survey the eastern English Channel and part of the southern North Sea for sole egg abundance using the MAFF 53cm plankton sampler. This is part of the fourth survey of the ICES coordinated programme.
2. To test a prototype, discrete plankton sampler. |
| Chief scientist | John D Riley (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Eastern English Channel; Southern North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 89 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 89 Description: collection of phaeocystis. |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 89 Description: Sole egg abundance survey. |
