RV Edward Forbes 18.76 (B/9/76)
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Edward Forbes (74EF) |
| Cruise identifier | 18.76 (B/9/76) |
| Cruise period | 1976-10-08 — 1976-10-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Bristol Channel survey. |
| Chief scientist | R Fauzi C Mantoura (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Bristol Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Total - P | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Nitrite | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | Quantity: number of experiments = 2 |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC) | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 3 Description: survey:taxonomy,energy transfers etc. |
| Pelagic bacteria/micro-organisms | Quantity: number of stations = 1 |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: chemical analysis |
| Data held at BODC | |
| Discrete samples | |
| 90 General station with STD/bottles/additional instruments | Salinity of the water column Dissolved organic carbon concentration in the water column |
