Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
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Cruise identifier | 2/69 |
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Cruise period | 1969-01-24 — 1969-02-07 |
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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 | To measure diffusion rates and associated hydrographic features with
particular reference to the plaice larval distribution in the southern North
Sea by means of:-
a) measuring rates of diffusion following a release of Rhodamine-B dyes;
b) surveying the distribution of plaice ova and larvae in the area just
before and at the end of the diffusion measurements;
c) measuring the distribution of salinity and temperature.
The above survey to be made in collaboration with R. V. CLIONE. |
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Chief scientist | Peter G W Jones (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.11 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 5 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 112 |