RV Corella 2B/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 2B/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-02-04 — 1974-02-14 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Southampton, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out an inshore survey of the English south coast for fish eggs and larvae using a 50 cm naked high speed tow net.
2. To collect stomachs of all species of fish found on the plaice spawning grounds of the Southern Bight using a young gadoid trawl. 3. To test two experimental plankton samples. |
| Chief scientist | John D Riley (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.13 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: chlorophyll |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 35 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 35 |
| Exploratory fishing | |
| Meteorology | |
| Routine standard measurements |
