RV Corystes COR8/04
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
| Cruise identifier | COR8/04 |
| Cruise period | 2004-06-28 — 2004-06-30 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To recover the Hastings Waverider and Guard Buoy.
2. To deploy the DWM SmartBuoy at Hastings. 3. To recover the West Gabbard Waverider. 4. To deploy the Hastings Waverider at the West Gabbard WaveNet site. |
| Chief scientist | David John Pearce (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory) |
| Cruise programme |  (0.01 MB) |
| Cruise report | (0.05 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea |
| Specific | Off Hastings and West Gabbard |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: activity duration in hours = 36 Description: combined acoustic, bird, plankton and sediment survey. |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: activity duration in hours = 36 Description: combined acoustic, bird, plankton and sediment survey. |
| Birds | Quantity: activity duration in hours = 36 Description: combined acoustic, bird, plankton and sediment survey. |
| Demersal fish | Description: Modified scallop dredge used to determine sandeel density in the sediment. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 36 Description: Granton trawl to assess the size of local fish populations and determine their feeding habits via a stomach analysis. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Description: Modified scallop dredge used to determine sandeel density in the sediment. |
| Grab | Quantity: activity duration in hours = 36 Description: combined acoustic, bird, plankton and sediment survey. |
| Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: activity duration in hours = 36 Description: combined acoustic, bird, plankton and sediment survey. |
