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RV Cirolana CIR8/94
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
Cruise identifier | CIR8/94 |
Cruise period | 1994-07-08 — 1994-07-29 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | National Monitoring Plan & Environmental Quality Objectives Prog
1) To collect samples of demersal fish for chemical analysis from the North Sea, English Channel and Irish Sea in support of the UK National Monitoring Plan (NMP) and Environmental Quality Objectives Programmes. 2) Complete benthic/sediment sampling for the DOE/MAFF Dogger Bank study 3) To deploy liquid-liquid extraction techniques on water samples from offsure and estuarine locations for organic chemical analysis and biological effects studies 4) To collect samples along established pollution gradients in the German Bight for use in the development and evalutation of whole sediment bioessay techniques 5) To further investigate the use of biochemical techniques in dab in support of NMP 6) To collect fish samples for genetic toxicological analysis at NMP sites |
Chief scientist | John Edward Thain (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Burnham Laboratory) |
Project | National Monitoring Programme (NMP) |
Cruise programme | (1.24 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
Specific | North Sea, German Bight, Irish Sea and Channel |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Contamination | |
Trace metals | |
Petroleum residues | |
Chlorinated hydrocarbons | Description: liquid-liquid extraction - biological effects |
Other contaminant measurements | Description: sediment bioassay in German Bight |
Biology and fisheries | |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: fish samples for genetic toxicology (DNA adducts) |