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RV Cirolana CIR8/75
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
Cruise identifier | CIR8/75 |
Cruise period | 1975-08-20 — 1975-09-13 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To participate in the International Barents Sea 0-group fish survey.
2. To release two TWERLE buoys. 3. To take water samples for trace metal analysis and also for Caesium-137 analysis. 4. To take samples of suspended particulate material for trace metal analysis. (Geology Dept., University of Edinburgh). 5. To collect specimens of pycnogonids. |
Chief scientist | Brian W Jones (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
Project | ICES O-Group Survey |
Coordinating body | ICES |
Cruise report | (0.19 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: T only |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 35 Description: 92 S surface 2 bottom |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 37 |
Chemical oceanography | |
Trace elements | Quantity: number of samples = 43 |
Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 51 Description: Cs-137 |
Contamination | |
Suspended matter | Quantity: number of samples = 7 |
Biology and fisheries | |
Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of samples = 67 |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 Description: 71 identification and distribution |
Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of samples = 5 Description: hydrocarbon concentrations |