RV Corella 7/73
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 7/73 |
| Cruise period | 1973-04-19 — 1973-04-25 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out an inshore plankton survey of the English east coast for fish
eggs and larvae using a 20" unenclosed H.S.P.S. 2. To test a new 30'' unenclosed H.S.P.S. 3. To collect live copepods for laboratory use. 4. To collect dinoflagellates for Dr Dodge of Birkbeck College, London. 5. To colleot samples of plaice for histology studies. 6. To collect large live plaice for Mr Scholes. 7. To make echo-surveys in the Thames, Wash, Humber and the north east coast for sprats. |
| Chief scientist | D S Tungate (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | 51-20N;00-30W to 55-00N;02-00E |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: cont.monitoring with Cambridge Recorder S only |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: cont.monitoring with Cambridge Recorder T surface only |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Description: turbidity.Cont.monitoring with Cambridge Recorder |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 50 Description: cont.monitoring with Cambridge Recorder |
| pH | Quantity: number of stations = 50 Description: cont.monitoring with Cambridge Recorder |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | Quantity: number of stations = 50 |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: cont.monitoring with Cambridge Recorder |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 50 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 50 |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of stations = 50 Description: biological pollutants |
