RV Tellina 7A/73
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
| Cruise identifier | 7A/73 |
| Cruise period | 1973-05-24 — 1973-06-07 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Falmouth, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To make a hydrographic survey of the estuary with particular reference to those features relevant to the dispersal of oyster larvae. The work to include:-
(a) A number of small releases of Rhodamine Bdesigned to measure the water movements in various parts of the estuary. (b) The use of 2 moored current meters. (c) The working of a station off Messack Point over both a spring and a neap tidal cycle t o measure salinity, temperature and water velocity. (d) The measurement of the salinity and temperature distributions along the length of the estuary. |
| Chief scientist | John W Talbot (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | 50-05N;05-05W to 50-14N;04-57W |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 18 Description: S only |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 29 Description: 3 T surface |
| Current meters | Quantity: 2 Description: 7 days:direct reading |
| Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: 6 Description: dynamic diffusion |
