RV Corella 1A/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 1A/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-01-03 — 1974-01-08 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To collect samples of fish, benthos and sediments from areas of actual
or impending oil production, and from control areas, for hydrocarbon analysis. 2. To collect additional sediment and water samples from the Ekofisk field for intercalibration with the Norwegians, Torry Research Station and Orielton Oil Pollution Research Unit. |
| Chief scientist | Keith W Wilson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 1 Description: surface and bottom samples from the vicinity of Ekofisk storage reservoir |
| Contamination | |
| Petroleum residues | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: fish, benthos and sediment samples from four oilfields plus a control site |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: sediment samples from four oilfields plus a control site |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: samples from four oilfields plus a control site |
