Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
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Cruise identifier | 7/71 |
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Cruise period | 1971-04-13 — 1971-04-22 |
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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 survey distribution of plankton in the Eastern Channel and
Southern Bight.
2. To monitor turbidity, chlorophyll A and temperature continuously
in the surface water.
3. To record fish traces using the MS29 Echo Sounder.
4. To collect live copepods.
5. To measure temperature/depth profiles at selected stations. |
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Chief scientist | T Wyatt (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.07 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Description: T surface only |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 102 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: continuous |
Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 113 |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 113 |
Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 113 |
Meteorology | |
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Occasional standard measurements | |
Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |