Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
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Cruise identifier | 5A/70 |
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Cruise period | 1970-04-28 — 1970-05-04 |
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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 | 1. Vertical distribution studies using the Lowestoft multiple plankton
sampler and Boothbay net.
2. Trials with 61 cm diameter Bongo nets.
3. Filtration tests with a new type of net.
4. Photographs of living fish larvae and other planktonic animals.
5. Trawling for turbot on Cleaver Bank.
6. Collections of living plankton
i. copepods for Miss Hudson
ii. phytoplankton for Mr Riley.
7. Collections of plankton for Dr Steedman of Bath University. |
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Chief scientist | Derek Harding (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 | English Channel |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 11 Description: Boothbay and Bongo nets multiple plankton samples |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 11 Description: Boothbay and Bongo nets multiple plankton samples |
Nekton | Quantity: number of stations = 11 Description: Boothbay and Bongo nets multiple plankton samples |
Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 11 Description: Boothbay and Bongo nets multiple plankton samples |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 Description: trawling |
Meteorology | |
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Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |