Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
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Cruise identifier | CLI12/84 |
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Cruise period | 1984-10-09 — 1984-10-29 |
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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 | Fisheries |
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Objectives | 1. To participate in the ICES coordinated herring larval surveys of region IVB during two of the standard sampling perionds 1-15 October and 16-31 October.
2. To locate, track and sample a patch of herring larvae in an attempt to measure drift and mortality.
3. To sample potential food organisms in a study of herring larvae diet.
4. To collect samples of herring larvae for analysis of growth increments on the sagittal otolith.
5. To test the new multi-layer plankton sampler. |
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Chief scientist | John H Nichols (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.20 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
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Specific | Western Central North Sea |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 214 Description: shallow water CTD package |
Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: argos buoy |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 214 |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 214 |