RV Corella 10/73
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 10/73 |
| Cruise period | 1973-06-26 — 1973-07-02 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out an inshore survey of the English East Coast for fish eggs
and larvae using a 50 cm naked High Speed plankton sampler. 2. To collect live copepods for laboratory use. 3. To collect phytoplankton samples for Dr Dodge (Birkbeck College London). 4. To test a new high speed pelagic young fish trawl. |
| Chief scientist | John D Riley (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | 51-30N;01-20E to 55-50N;02-30W |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 56 Description: S only |
| Water bottle stations | Description: T surface only |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of stations = 56 Description: turbidity |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 50 |
| pH | Quantity: number of stations = 56 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 56 Description: chlorophyll |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 56 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 56 |
