RV Edward Forbes B/2/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Edward Forbes (74EF) |
| Cruise identifier | B/2/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-02-12 — 1974-02-19 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Bristol Channel survey cruise |
| Chief scientist | William W Brown (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Bristol Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 38 |
| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Quantity: number of stations = 37 |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 38 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 38 |
| Total - P | Quantity: number of stations = 38 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 38 |
| Nitrite | Quantity: number of stations = 38 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 38 |
| Trace elements | Quantity: number of stations = 38 |
| Isotopes | Quantity: number of stations = 38 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | Quantity: number of experiments = 5 |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 38 |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of samples = 76 |
| Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC) | Quantity: number of stations = 38 |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 38 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 38 |
| Pelagic bacteria/micro-organisms | Quantity: number of stations = 34 |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of stations = 1 |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 38 |
| Data held at BODC | |
| Discrete samples | |
| 38 General station with STD/bottles/additional instruments | |
| 37 Lowestoft Sampler |
