RV Corella 5/79
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 5/79 |
| Cruise period | 1979-03-28 — 1979-04-06 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out an acoustic survey to estimate predatory fish in a cod spawning area.
2. To identify the fish by trawling. 3. To undertake a plankton survey of a cod spawning area and collect cod larvae for otolith and feeding studies. 4. To measure temperature, chlorophyll, turbidity, salinity and particle size. 5. To collect Euphausids for Dr Jamieson. 6. To collect live plaice for Mr Scholes. |
| Chief scientist | D S Tungate (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.13 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) | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 45 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 45 Description: biomass determination,description of communities |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. |
