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 |
