RV Cefas Endeavour 7/07
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cefas Endeavour (74E9) |
| Cruise identifier | 7/07 |
| Cruise period | 2007-04-06 — 2007-04-12 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Portland Harbour, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Portland Harbour, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The work will (a) describe the impacts of trawling disturbance on the structure and productivity of benthic communities (b) examine the effects of fishing on the trophic structure of fish and invertebrate communities (c) describe spatial variation in carbon, sulphur and nitrogen isotopes at the base of marine food chains. The work is being carried out in support of project MF10-1:
a) To sample infaunal and epifaunal invertebrates at a series of sites subject to different levels of trawling disturbance for production studies. b) To sample infaunal and epifaunal invertebrates and fish at a series of sites subject to different levels of trawling disturbance for food web studies. c) To collect fish and benthic invertebrate species for stable isotope analysis RV CEFAS ENDEAVOUR will sail from Portland on 01 April and steam westwards to undertake sampling on the survey grids in the western English Channel and south-western Approaches. Sites will be sampled with 2m-steel beam trawl, 4m beam trawl, Agassiz trawl and either a grab or corer. |
| Chief scientist | Tracy Ann Maxwell (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory) |
| Coordinating body | CEFAS |
| Cruise programme |  (0.06 MB) |
| Cruise report | (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel Celtic Sea |
| Specific | South-western Approaches |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 4 Description: impact survey |
| Benthic bacteria/micro-organisms | Quantity: number of stations = 4 Description: impact survey |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of stations = 4 Description: impact survey |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 4 Description: impact survey |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of stations = 4 Description: areas subject to differing levels of fishing impact |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of stations = 4 Description: impact survey |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 4 Description: areas subject to differing levels of fishing impact |
