RV Clione CLI13B/86
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI13B/86 |
| Cruise period | 1986-11-12 — 1986-11-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Sunderland, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To collect samples of seawater for trace metal analysis from the Central and Southern North Sea, and from the estuaries of the major east coast rivers. Analysis of copper, cadmium, mercury and lead will be carried out on board ship; further analyses will be carried out at Burnham.
2. To collect samples of commercial fish species from the vicinity of Tees Bay. (Cod, whiting, plaice, dab, sole, flounder; 25 specimens of commercial size for each species). They will be analysed for metals and pesticides as part of the routine fish and shellfish quality monitoring programme. |
| Chief scientist | Michael Joseph Waldock (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Burnham Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Central & Southern North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 74 Description: surface only |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 73 Description: surface |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 74 Description: surface |
| Nitrite | Quantity: number of stations = 72 Description: surface |
| Ammonia | Quantity: number of stations = 71 Description: surface |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 68 Description: surface |
| Contamination | |
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of stations = 40 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 |
