RV Corella 7/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 7/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-05-01 — 1974-05-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out an egg and larval survey of the Flamborough spawning area using a new 75 cm unencased plankton sampler.
2. To collect fish for stomach content analysis. 3. To collect samples of young flatfish using a variety of bottom samplers. 4. To collect live planktonic copepods for Mrs B Thompson. |
| Chief scientist | David J Symonds (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.22 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: track kilometres = 611 |
| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Quantity: track kilometres = 1611.24 Description: continuous |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: track kilometres = 1611.24 Description: continuous |
| pH | Quantity: track kilometres = 1611.24 Description: continuous |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: track kilometres = 1611.24 |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 56 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 48 |
| Nekton | Quantity: number of stations = 39 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 48 |
| Exploratory fishing | |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | Quantity: number of observations = 93 |
