RV Corella 5/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 5/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-04-02 — 1974-04-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To sample a grid of stations using a 75 cm plankton sampler.
2. To collect stomachs of fish caught on the plaice spawning grounds of the Southern Bight using a young gadoid trawl fitted with a headline transducer. 3. To investigate the vertical distribution of plaice larvae. 4. To measure escape of fish larvae and other zooplankton using paired 50 cm plankton samplers. 5. To collect live copepods for Mrs B Thompson. 6. To collect live plaice for Mr P Scholes. 7. To test an experimental bottom sampler. 8. To test an experimental unencased 75 cm plankton sampler. 9. To collect samples of dabs for Mr Htun Han for histological studies. 10. To collect phytoplankton for Dr Dodge of Birbeck College, London. |
| Chief scientist | D S Tungate (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.17 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 36 Description: collected using a Lowestoft 75cm unencased plankton sampler |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 36 Description: population |
| Pelagic bacteria/micro-organisms | |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 |
