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RV Tellina 1/68

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Tellina (74TE)
Cruise identifier1/68
Cruise period1968-01-02 — 1968-01-05
StatusCompleted
Port of departureLowestoft, United Kingdom
Port of returnLowestoft, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To test Rhodamine B sampling equipment, including that for sampling from
various depths
2. To make several small Rhodamine B releases in the vicinity of the existing
Lowestoft sewer outfall, and at the position of the proposed new outfall.
3. To measure currents at the northern end of the inner Newcome Sand.
4. To take salinity samples at various depths along the lines sampled during
the surveys carried out in summer 1967.


Rhodamine sampling equipment wore madc in the South Roads.
With a Turnor fluoromcter of the 'background' due t o suspended matter in the
water.
The duration of those measurements and TELLINA doclcod at 14:45 hours. Trials of the measurements were made.
Chief scientistJ L Henry (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
Cruise reportRV Tellina 1/68 cruise report tellina01_68.pdf (0.11 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Geochemical tracers (eg freons)Quantity: number of experiments = 3
Description: rhodamine B releases
Current meters
Biology and fisheries 
Gear researchDescription: test rhodamine sampling equipment