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RV Corella 16a/72

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Corella (74CX)
Cruise identifier16a/72
Cruise period1972-11-01 — 1972-11-08
StatusCompleted
Port of departureLowestoft, United Kingdom
Port of returnLowestoft, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesTo determine the reactions of plaice to a Granton trawl by extending the series of experiments carried out on cruises CORELLA 13 and 18, 1971 and 15, 1972.
Chief scientistI L Davies (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
Cruise reportRV Corella 16a/72 cruise report corella16_72.pdf (0.19 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
BathythermographQuantity: number of deployments = 3
Description: mechanical
Water bottle stationsQuantity: number of stations = 3
Description: surface only
Current metersDescription: 1 day
Biology and fisheries 
ZooplanktonQuantity: number of samples = 1
TaggingsQuantity: number of specimens = 6
Description: acoustic.tagged plaice
Gear researchQuantity: number of deployments = 6
Meteorology 
Occasional standard measurements
Other meteorological measurementsDescription: sea and swell