RV Corystes COR2/99
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
| Cruise identifier | COR2/99 |
| Cruise period | 1999-03-01 — 1999-03-25 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To carry out studies into rates of atresia in female plaice and sole in the eastern and western Irish Sea. To carry out a study into the mortality rates of plaice eggs in eastern Irish Sea.
The first half of the cruise involved fishing for mature plaice and sole for atresia studies. In second half of the cruise, ARGOS buoys were released in a patch of plaice eggs. Intensive plankton sampling around the buoys was carried out over the following 7 days. |
| Chief scientist | Clive James Fox (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.16 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Eastern Irish Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: track kilometres = 4259.6 Description: Continuous underway temp and salinity |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 152 Description: CTD mounted on Gulf VII HSTN |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 152 Description: Oblique vertical zooplankton samples collected with Gulf VII high-speed tow net - samples to be analysed for fish eggs |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | 53° 32' 5" N 3° 58' 32" W — ARGOS tracked buoy for currents |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | 53° 25' 33" N 4° 4' 44" W — ARGOS tracked buoy for currents |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | 53° 32' 12" N 3° 58' 25" W — ARGOS tracked buoy for currents |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | 53° 25' 41" N 4° 4' 14" W — ARGOS tracked buoy for currents |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | 53° 25' 3" N 4° 4' 35" W — ARGOS tracked buoy for currents |
