Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
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Cruise identifier | 4/78 |
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Cruise period | 1978-03-10 — 1978-03-20 |
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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 carry out the first of 4 water quality surveys in the proposed sludge
dumping area northeast of the Tyne.
2. To carry out a coliform survey at selected stations in and around the proposed dumping site.
3. To carry out a water quality survey off the Tees to cover the area of
Methyl Methacrylate waste dumping.
4. To collect live fish for FRL. |
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Chief scientist | A R Folkard (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.25 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of samples = 121 Description: S surface only |
Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Description: continuous measurements |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Phosphate | Quantity: number of samples = 121 |
Nitrate | Quantity: number of samples = 121 |
Nitrite | Quantity: number of samples = 121 |
Ammonia | Quantity: number of samples = 121 |
Silicate | Quantity: number of samples = 121 |
Contamination | |
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Suspended matter | Description: continuous measurements |
Bottom deposits | Quantity: number of samples = 40 Description: coliforms and faecal coli |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: continuous measurements |
Exploratory fishing | Description: commercial |