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RV Corella 2/71

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Corella (74CX)
Cruise identifier2/71
Cruise period1971-01-20 — 1971-01-30
StatusCompleted
Port of departureLowestoft, United Kingdom
Port of returnLowestoft, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To continue the routine surveys of fish eggs and larvae in the Eastern
English Channel and the Southern North Sea.
2. To monitor turbidity, chlorophyll A and temperature in the surface
waters.
3. To undertake comparable plankton sampler hauls with the French
research vessel PELAGIA i n the English Channel.
Chief scientistD S Tungate (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
Cruise reportRV Corella 2/71 cruise report corella02_71.pdf (0.11 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralEnglish Channel
North Sea
Specific51-53.30N 01.30-05E, 49.30-50.30N 01.30W-01.30E
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
BathythermographQuantity: number of deployments = 18
Description: mechanical
Water bottle stationsQuantity: number of stations = 69
Description: near bottom T only
Optics (eg underwater light levels)Description: optical properties cont.
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Description: chlorophyll a continuously
PhytoplanktonQuantity: number of stations = 81
ZooplanktonQuantity: number of stations = 81
Eggs and larvaeQuantity: number of stations = 76
Meteorology 
Occasional standard measurements
Other meteorological measurementsDescription: sea and swell