RV Corystes COR5A/90
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
| Cruise identifier | COR5A/90 |
| Cruise period | 1990-03-30 — 1990-04-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To carry out plankton surveys to assess sole egg production in the Trevose Head spawning area and to determine the extent and timing of bass spawning in the Bristol Channel.
To carry out a pre-recruit flatfish survey in the Bristol Channel. |
| Chief scientist | David J Symonds (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.14 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel Bristol Channel |
| Specific | Bristol Channel and Western English Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 13 |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of samples = 234 Description: surface S only |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 13 Description: - chlorophyll 'a' |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 434 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 434 |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 53 |
