RV Corystes COR11a/89
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) | ||||
| Cruise identifier | COR11a/89 | ||||
| Cruise period | 1989-10-04 — 1989-10-11 | ||||
| Status | Completed | ||||
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom | ||||
| Port of return | South Shields, United Kingdom | ||||
| Objectives | Part 1 of a 4 part cruise.
1. To carry out a plankton survey for herring larvae in the area of the north-east coast between the Humber and 56ºN. 2. To deploy current meters for the duration of the cruise at up to five sites to the north-east of Scarborough and three sites between the Tyne and Wear. 3. To carry out a closely spaced section of CTD stations across the front for geotrophic modelling. 4. To deploy ARGOS drifters in the vicinity of the front. | ||||
| Chief scientist | Keith M Brander (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) | ||||
| Cruise report |  (0.27 MB) | ||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||
| General | North Sea | ||||
| Specific | N.E. Coast | ||||
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) | ||||
| Measurements | |||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 15 | ||||
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 8 Description: current meters moorings deployed: 3 in the Marsden area and 5 in the Flamborough head area | ||||
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: Satellite tracked buoy | ||||
| Biology and fisheries | |||||
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 47 Description: 46 HSTN tows and one LHPR tow for herring larvae counts | ||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||
| 15 CTD/STD cast | Vertical spatial coordinates Temperature of the water column Salinity of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Temperature of the water column Salinity of the water column
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