Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
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Cruise identifier | 2/71 |
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Cruise period | 1971-01-20 — 1971-01-30 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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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. |
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Chief scientist | D S Tungate (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.11 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel North Sea |
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Specific | 51-53.30N 01.30-05E, 49.30-50.30N 01.30W-01.30E |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Occasional standard measurements | |
Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |