RV Edward Forbes 14/77 (B/8/77)
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Edward Forbes (74EF) |
| Cruise identifier | 14/77 (B/8/77) |
| Cruise period | 1977-09-02 — 1977-09-06 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Bristol Channel survey |
| Chief scientist | William W Brown (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Bristol Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: 250 |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 2 Description: S bottom only |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: track kilometres = 463 |
| Current meters | Quantity: 1 Description: 1 month |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: 170 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: 170 |
| Nitrite | Quantity: 170 |
| Silicate | Quantity: 170 |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Quantity: track kilometres = 463 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | Quantity: 2 |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: track kilometres = 463 |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | |
| Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC) | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: 17 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: 17 Description: survey:monitoring,distribution |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: 1 |
| Data held at BODC | |
| Discrete samples | |
| 170 General station with STD/bottles/additional instruments | Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Dissolved organic carbon concentration in the water column Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies |
