RV Corella 6A/77
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 6A/77 |
| Cruise period | 1977-04-27 — 1977-05-01 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Objectives | To assist the Norwegian government in an emergency programme to assess the
effects of the Ekofisk Bravo oil well-head blowout and resulting oil pollution, by collecting samples of water, sediments, fish and bottom invertebrates for hydrocarbon analysis. |
| Chief scientist | Michael S Rolfe (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Burnham Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.25 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Ekofisk oilfield |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 26 Description: Water samples for hydrocarbon analysis. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 3 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 3 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of samples = 3 |
