Ina-K 1/05
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Ina-K (74IK) |
| Cruise identifier | 1/05 |
| Cruise period | 2005-11-06 — 2005-11-11 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Leigh-on-Sea, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Leigh-on-Sea, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a trawl survey for pre-recruit bass in the middle Thames estuary, Medway, Swale, Essex Blackwater, Crouch and Roach Estuaries over established grid stations.
2. To determine the relative abundance of bass and other species in the Thames and adjoining estuaries. 3. To obtain a sample of flatfish for environmental monitoring programmes. 4. To obtain a sample of 100 0-group bass for an experiment on feeding ecology of juvenile bass using stable isotopes. |
| Chief scientist | Mary Jane Brown (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory) |
| Cruise programme |  (0.01 MB) |
| Cruise report | (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Thames, Medway, Swale and Essex Estuaries |
| Track charts | (0.11 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of hauls = 36 Description: A number of tows were made during the cruise 3,938 bass were caught. Salinity and temperature samples were collected. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 36 Description: A number of tows were made during the cruise 3,938 bass were caught. Salinity and temperature samples were collected. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 34 Description: A number of cores were made thoughout the cruise. |
