Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
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Cruise identifier | 10/73 |
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Cruise period | 1973-06-26 — 1973-07-02 |
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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 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. |
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Chief scientist | John D Riley (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.09 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | 51-30N;01-20E to 55-50N;02-30W |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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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 | |
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Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 50 |
pH | Quantity: number of stations = 56 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 56 Description: chlorophyll |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 56 |
Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 56 |