RV Corella 3/71
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 3/71 |
| Cruise period | 1971-02-05 — 1971-02-14 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | I. To continue routine plankton surveys in the eastern Channel and
Southern Bight 2. To monitor turbidity and chlorophyll A in surface waters using fluorometers. 3. To collect chlorophyll samples for spectrophotometric analysis and comparison with fluorometer results. |
| Chief scientist | T Wyatt (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea |
| Specific | 49.30-53N 04W-05E |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of deployments = 88 Description: mechanical |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 85 Description: surface only |
| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Description: optical properties cont. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: continuously |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 97 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 97 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 97 |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |
