RV Corella 3/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 3/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-02-21 — 1974-03-05 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To investigate by a programme of grabbing and trawling disposal grounds in
the following areas: Humber, Tees, Tyne and Thames. 2. To collect samples of sediment, benthos and fish from these areas for chemical analysis. 3. To investigate the area off Whitby receiving potash waste. |
| Chief scientist | I C White (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Burnham Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.21 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Trace elements | Quantity: number of samples = 112 Description: fish and bethos for selected chemical analysis |
| Contamination | |
| Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 120 Description: sediment samples for chemical analysis |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of samples = 120 Description: sediment samples |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of hauls = 17 Description: Agassiz and Granton trawls |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | Quantity: number of observations = 186 |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 42 Description: anchor and oyster dredges |
| Grab | Quantity: number of stations = 186 Description: over 250 successful Smith-McIntyre grab hauls |
