RV Edward Forbes B/14/74
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Edward Forbes (74EF) |
| Cruise identifier | B/14/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-08-09 — 1974-08-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Objectives | Bristol Channel survey |
| Chief scientist | Michael B Jordan (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 = 58 |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of stations = 57 Description: Sechhi Disk. |
| Contamination | |
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of stations = 58 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 58 Description: Concentration of phaeopigments. |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 58 Description: Concentration of chlorophyll. |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of stations = 58 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 58 |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 58 |
| Data held at BODC | |
| Discrete samples | |
| 58 General station with STD/bottles/additional instruments | Particulate total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Particulate total and organic carbon concentrations in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies Dissolved metal concentrations in the water column |
| 58 Lowestoft Sampler | Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies Zooplankton taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column Fish morphology, age and physiology Zooplankton non taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column Fish abundance in water bodies |
