RV Corystes COR3A/91
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
| Cruise identifier | COR3A/91 |
| Cruise period | 1991-03-20 — 1991-03-28 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a plankton survey using a 76cm high speed town net to determine:
(a) the distribution, abundance and production of sole (Solea solea) eggs as part of the ICES coordinated programme to estimate the female sole spawning stock biomass in division Ivb and c and VIId and e; (b) the distribution and abundance of the planktonic stages of crab (Cancer pagurus), spider crab (Maia squinado), and bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and other ichthyoplankton as time allows. |
| Chief scientist | Richard Simon Millner (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea |
| Specific | English Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 70 Description: surface S only |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 69 |
| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Description: duration of cruise |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 69 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 69 |
