RV Cirolana CIR1/70
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR1/70 |
| Cruise period | 1970-07-24 — 1970-08-08 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To test the fishing systems installed in Cirolana
2. To test the hydrographic and biological sampling systems fitted in the ship. 3. To collect flagellate samples in the Barents Sea (Dr Reynolds). 4. To make observations in connection with finds of dead fish reported by commercial vessels fishing in the central North Sea (Mr Bannister). 5. To collect plankton samples and bottorn sediment cores in the Norwegian and Barents Seas (Mr Wiseman, British Museum). |
| Chief scientist | Arthur J Lee (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.30 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Atlantic Ocean |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of profiles = 3 |
| Water bottle stations | Description: T surface only |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 2 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 3 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 3 |
| Nekton | Quantity: number of samples = 3 |
| Nekton | Quantity: number of samples = 3 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of samples = 3 |
| Pelagic bacteria/micro-organisms | Quantity: number of samples = 60 Description: flagellate collections (SIMCA) |
| Gear research | Description: sampling system tested fishing,hydrographical,biological |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements |
