RV Corella 9/71
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 9/71 |
| Cruise period | 1971-05-17 — 1971-05-25 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To survey plankton populations of the Eastern Channel and Southern
Bight. 2. To monitor turbidity, chlorophyll a and temperature continuously in surface water. 3. To record fish traces using an MS29 echo sounder. 4. To study diurnal variation in plant pigment concentrations. 5. To collect McCave current meter arrays from Den Helder. |
| Chief scientist | T Wyatt (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Description: T surface only |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 106 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: cont. |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 105 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 105 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 105 |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |
