RV Tellina 10/68
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
| Cruise identifier | 10/68 |
| Cruise period | 1968-05-15 — 1968-05-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To continue fecundity studies within the ray survey area off the north Norfolk coast.
2. To collect blood samples for Dr. R. M. E. Parkhouse of the National Institute of Medical Research. 3. To obtain live Raia montagui for tank experiments. 4. To release surface and sea bed drifters for Mr Riley off Hopton, Winterton and Bacton. |
| Chief scientist | D W R Rout (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: bottom temperatures |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Description: surface drifters |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Description: seabed drifters |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Biochemical measurements (eg lipids, amino acids) | Quantity: number of samples = 20 Description: ray blood |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 35 Description: 65 Raia clavata |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: samples of ovaries, smears from shell glands and vetebral sections taken, and cloaca depth and stomach contents observed |
