RV Corella 6/69
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 6/69 |
| Cruise period | 1969-03-31 — 1969-04-09 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To survey the distribution of plaice ova and larvae in the southern North
Sea with particular reference to larvae of an age such that they might have developed from the ova whose distribution was measured during CORELLA/CLIONE Cruises 2 and 3/1969. 2. To locate an area containing appreciable numbers of larvae and to measure the vertical distribution of these using the changing net system. 3. To conduct trials using a standard Tin Tow net and a changing net sampler. 4. To conduct trials using a Boothbay net. |
| Chief scientist | John W Talbot (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 143 Description: T surface only |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 143 |
