Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
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Cruise identifier | CLI5A/85 |
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Cruise period | 1985-04-10 — 1985-04-20 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Fleetwood, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To sample the zooplankton of the northern Irish Sea, to estimate the distribution and abundance of Nephrops larvae, being the first of four surveys contributing to the estimation of spawning female biomass.
2. To study the vertical distribution of Nephrops larvae using the Longhurst-Hardy Plankton recorder (if time allows). Due to the protracted passage out, there was no time to deploy the LHPR.
3. To survey the variation in the surface seawater of temperature, salinity, nitrate, phosphate and silicate.
4. To collect water samples for caesium estimation for AEPD.
5. Additional aim: to locate and recover a nearbed velocity rig off Southwold. |
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Chief scientist | John D Riley (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.09 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel Bristol Channel |
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Specific | Irish Sea |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 78 Description: S surface only |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 42 |
Nitrite | |
Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 42 |
Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 29 Description: caesium (Cs) |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 78 Description: samples for Nephrops larvae. |