RV Cirolana CIR5/80
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR5/80 |
| Cruise period | 1980-04-25 — 1980-05-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Biology. Mackerel Egg Survey,with Fish.Lab. Lowestoft. |
| Chief scientist | R Colin A Bannister (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory), Stephen J Lockwood (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Project | Mackerel Survey |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Bay of Biscay North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | N.E. Atlantic |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: See MAFF Fisheries Research data Report No 17, 1989 T only |
| Bathythermograph | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 105 Description: S surface only |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 200 |
| Eggs and larvae | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 22 Description: survey:distribution,biomass determination,population structures |
