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RV Edward Forbes B/5/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Edward Forbes (74EF) |
| Cruise identifier | B/5/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-04-02 — 1974-04-05 |
| Status | Completed |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Bristol Channel survey cruise. |
| Chief scientist | William W Brown (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel Bristol Channel |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 24 |
| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Quantity: 24 |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: 24 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: 24 |
| Total - P | Quantity: 24 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: 24 |
| Nitrite | Quantity: 24 |
| Silicate | Quantity: 24 |
| Trace elements | Quantity: 24 |
| Isotopes | Quantity: 24 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | Quantity: 3 |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 24 |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: 48 |
| Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC) | Quantity: 24 |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: 24 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: 24 |
| Pelagic bacteria/micro-organisms | Quantity: 23 |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | Quantity: 45 |
| Data held at BODC | |
| Discrete samples | |
| 24 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 Concentration of adenylates 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 |
| 24 Lowestoft Sampler | 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 |
