Resolute 2/01
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Resolute |
| Cruise identifier | 2/01 |
| Cruise period | 2001-04-23 — 2001-04-26 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Fleetwood, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Fleetwood, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Fifth of series of cruises to examine spawning of plaice in the eastern Irish Sea. This forms part of a MAFF funded project to develop population models for this stock. |
| Chief scientist | Clive James Fox (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory) |
| Project | MO423 Development of Spatially Explicit Population Models |
| Coordinating body | CEFAS |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | east of longitude 04deg 30' |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 6 Description: Water samples collected twice daily for calibration of CTD |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of profiles = 48 Description: CTD data collected by Falmouth scientific instruments on CTD carried on-board HSTN |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 48 Description: Vertical profiles using Lowestoft high-speed towed plankton sampler. Nets of mesh 270 micrometre and 80 micrometre carried on sampler. |
