RV Cirolana CIR4/84
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR4/84 |
| Cruise period | 1984-04-12 — 1984-05-11 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Douglas, Isle Of Man |
| Port of return | Workington, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Water sampling and biological sampling for radioactivity |
| Chief scientist | Dennis S Woodhead (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Bay of Biscay North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | North Sea, Irish Sea and English Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 17 |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 3 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 3 |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 18 |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 251 |
| In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: acoustical properties |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: number of deployments = 8 Description: densimeter |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 3 Description: pore water |
