RV Edward Forbes B/16/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Edward Forbes (74EF) |
| Cruise identifier | B/16/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-08-23 — 1974-08-29 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Bristol Channel survey |
| Chief scientist | Peter G Watson (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Bristol Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 16 |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 16 |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: 16 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Trace elements | Quantity: 6 |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 16 |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Quantity: 22 |
| Trace metals | Quantity: 6 |
| Data held at BODC | |
| Discrete samples | |
| 64 General station with STD/bottles/additional instruments | Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Radioactivity in water bodies |
