Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
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Cruise identifier | 1/71 |
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Cruise period | 1971-01-04 — 1971-01-13 |
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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. To survey the Channel and Southern Bight spawning grounds of the
plaice using the Lowestoft multipurpose sampler.
2. To monitor continuously chlorophyll A, temperature and transparency
of the sea surface water.
3. To obtain temperature profiles with a bathythermograph. |
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Chief scientist | Derek Harding (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.10 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of deployments = 37 Description: mechanical |
Water bottle stations | Description: T bottom only |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 110 |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 110 |
Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 110 |
Meteorology | |
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Occasional standard measurements | |
Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |