RV Clione CLI7/76
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI7/76 |
| Cruise period | 1976-04-21 — 1976-05-04 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1 To investigate by a programme of grabbing, trawling, hydrographic
and underwater camera observations the disposal grounds off the Tyne, Tees and Humber. 2. To collect samples of sediment, benthos and fish from these areas for chemical analysis. |
| Chief scientist | I C White (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Burnham Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.14 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 3 Description: 20 hours |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of deployments = 99 Description: bottom |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Quantity: number of samples = 3 |
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of samples = 111 |
| Contaminants in organisms | Quantity: number of samples = 23 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of samples = 111 Description: identification,monitoring,communities |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 16 |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of samples = 23 |
