RV Corella 5/71
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 5/71 |
| Cruise period | 1971-03-09 — 1971-03-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a survey of fish eggs and larvae in the Eastern Channel
and Southern Bight. 2. To monitor transparency, chlorophyll A and temperature continuously in the sea surface water. 3. To collect surface salinity samples on each sampling station. 4. To measure temperatures and total illumination at different depths on selected stations. |
| Chief scientist | Derek Harding (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.14 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of deployments = 23 Description: mechanical |
| Water bottle stations | Description: T surface only |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 102 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: chlorophyll a continuously |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 102 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 102 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 102 |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |
