RV Corella 3/79
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 3/79 |
| Cruise period | 1979-02-27 — 1979-03-06 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To collect samples of sea water for analysis of salinity and dissolved
inorganic phosphate in the Southern North Sea, 2. To test and prove the continuously running mercury analyser. |
| Chief scientist | A R Folkard (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 18 Description: Underway continuous mercury analyser along track around South Goodwin. Samples every 5 miles for salinity and nutrients. |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: Anchor station sampling for salinity, phospahte and nitrate with continuous surface water mercury analyser running. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: Anchor station sampling for salinity, phospahte and nitrate with continuous surface water mercury analyser running. |
| Phosphate | Quantity: activity duration in days = 18 Description: Underway continuous mercury analyser along track around South Goodwin. Samples every 5 miles for salinity and nutrients. |
| Nitrate | Quantity: activity duration in days = 18 Description: Underway continuous mercury analyser along track around South Goodwin. Samples every 5 miles for salinity and nutrients. |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: Anchor station sampling for salinity, phospahte and nitrate with continuous surface water mercury analyser running. |
| Contamination | |
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: Anchor station sampling for salinity, phospahte and nitrate with continuous surface water mercury analyser running. |
| Trace metals | Quantity: activity duration in days = 18 Description: Underway continuous mercury analyser along track around South Goodwin. Samples every 5 miles for salinity and nutrients. |
