RV Edward Forbes 4/76 (B/2/76)
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Edward Forbes (74EF) |
| Cruise identifier | 4/76 (B/2/76) |
| Cruise period | 1976-03-06 — 1976-03-12 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Bristol Channel survey and Modiolus study off Ilfracombe |
| Chief scientist | Eric I Hamilton (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Bristol Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: 2 |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: 1 |
| Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | Quantity: 24 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: 2 |
| Total - P | Quantity: 2 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: 2 |
| Trace elements | Quantity: 2 |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Quantity: 2 |
| Trace metals | Quantity: 2 |
| Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: 2 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: 16 Description: survey:identification,distribution,communities |
| Meteorology | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Quantity: number of observations = 10 Description: sea and swell |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: 3 |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: 3 Description: physical analysis of sediments |
