Resolute 1/01
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Resolute |
| Cruise identifier | 1/01 |
| Cruise period | 2001-04-02 — 2001-04-05 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Fleetwood, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Fleetwood, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Fourth in a series of five surveys to:
1) Carry out plankton stations in the eastern Irish Sea to determine plaice egg spawning. 2) Collect zooplankton samples for copepod production and fish larval feeding studies. |
| Chief scientist | Natasha Bunn (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory) |
| Project | Spatially Structured Population Modelling of Irish Sea Plaice |
| Coordinating body | CEFAS, Lowestoft |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | East of the Isle of Man |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 37 Description: Towed undulating self-logging FSI CTD profiler attached to Gulf VII frame. Profiles used ot record temperature and salinity, and presence of any stratification. |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 18 Description: Samples of sea surface water collected for analysis of conductivity/salinity. Values to be used for comparison with/ validate FSI CTD measurements. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 37 Description: Gulf VII-type towed plankton sampler. Deployed in 'V' shaped profile(s) from surface to near bottom to surface. Zooplankton and eggs/larvae collected using 270 and 80 micrometre nets with self-logging flow meter units attached. An external flow meter monitored clogging. Samples preserved in 4 per cent formalin for analysis in the CEFAS Laboratory, Lowestoft. |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 37 Description: Gulf VII-type towed plankton sampler. Deployed in 'V' shaped profile(s) from surface to near bottom to surface. Zooplankton and eggs/larvae collected using 270 and 80 micrometre nets with self-logging flow meter units attached. An external flow meter monitored clogging. Samples preserved in 4 per cent formalin for analysis in the CEFAS Laboratory, Lowestoft. |
