Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
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Cruise identifier | 5A/75 |
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Cruise period | 1975-03-17 — 1975-03-27 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To investigate by a programme of grabbing and trawling the disposal grounds off the Humber, Tyne and Tees.
2. To collect samples of sediment, benthos and fish from these areas for chemical analysis.
3. To survey the colliery waste dumping ground off the Wear. |
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Chief scientist | Keith W Wilson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.13 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Contamination | |
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Trace metals | |
Petroleum residues | |
Other contaminant measurements | Description: Presence of coal and fly ash residues |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of deployments = 9 Description: Agassiz trawl (5) and oyster dredge (4) |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 7 Description: Granton trawl |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 7 Description: Granton trawl |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 163 Description: physical/chemical analysis of sediments |
Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of samples = 20 |