RV Corella 4/79
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 4/79 |
| Cruise period | 1979-03-12 — 1979-03-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To survey a cod spawning area and collect larvae for otoliths and feeding studies.
2. To measure temperature, chlorophyll, turbidity, salinity and particle size in the survey area. 3. To carry out an acoustic survey covering the spawning area. 4. To identify fish shoals by trawling. 5. To collect Euphausids for Dr Jamieson. |
| Chief scientist | D S Tungate (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.36 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: survey grid |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 50 Description: survey |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 50 Description: survey |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 15 Description: Engel's 800 trawl;biomass determination,description of communities |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. |
