RV Clione CLI12/84
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI12/84 |
| Cruise period | 1984-10-09 — 1984-10-29 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. To participate in the ICES coordinated herring larval surveys of region IVB during two of the standard sampling perionds 1-15 October and 16-31 October.
2. To locate, track and sample a patch of herring larvae in an attempt to measure drift and mortality. 3. To sample potential food organisms in a study of herring larvae diet. 4. To collect samples of herring larvae for analysis of growth increments on the sagittal otolith. 5. To test the new multi-layer plankton sampler. |
| Chief scientist | John H Nichols (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.20 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Western Central North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 214 Description: shallow water CTD package |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: argos buoy |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 214 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 214 |
