Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
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Cruise identifier | 18/73 |
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Cruise period | 1973-12-11 — 1973-12-19 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Objectives | 1. To determine the reactions of plaice to a Granton trawl by extending
the series of experiments carried out on cruises CORELLA 13 and
18/1971, 15, 16, 17 and 18/1972 and 3, 12, 16 and 17/1973.
2. Capture of live dabs for use in laboratory experiments.
3. Collection of fish gonads and brains for histological examination.
4. Collection of fish pineal, pituitary and hypothamamus glands for
hormone analysis.
5. Collection of phytoplankton sample for Dr Dodge (London University). |
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Chief scientist | Brian C Mumford (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.11 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton | |
Zooplankton | |
Demersal fish | |