RV Corella 2/71
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 2/71 |
| Cruise period | 1971-01-20 — 1971-01-30 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To continue the routine surveys of fish eggs and larvae in the Eastern
English Channel and the Southern North Sea. 2. To monitor turbidity, chlorophyll A and temperature in the surface waters. 3. To undertake comparable plankton sampler hauls with the French research vessel PELAGIA i n the English Channel. |
| Chief scientist | D S Tungate (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea |
| Specific | 51-53.30N 01.30-05E, 49.30-50.30N 01.30W-01.30E |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of deployments = 18 Description: mechanical |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 69 Description: near bottom T only |
| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Description: optical properties cont. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: chlorophyll a continuously |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 81 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 81 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 76 |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |
