Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
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Cruise identifier | 6A/77 |
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Cruise period | 1977-04-27 — 1977-05-01 |
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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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Objectives | To assist the Norwegian government in an emergency programme to assess the
effects of the Ekofisk Bravo oil well-head blowout and resulting oil pollution, by collecting samples of water, sediments, fish and bottom invertebrates for hydrocarbon analysis. |
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Chief scientist | Michael S Rolfe (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Burnham Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.25 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | Ekofisk oilfield |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 26 Description: Water samples for hydrocarbon analysis. |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 3 |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 3 |
Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of samples = 3 |