RV Edward Forbes 6/75 (B/5/75)
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Edward Forbes (74EF) |
| Cruise identifier | 6/75 (B/5/75) |
| Cruise period | 1975-04-17 — 1975-04-23 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Bristol Channel survey |
| Chief scientist | Ian Joint (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Bristol Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 11 Description: Surface only |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Quantity: number of samples = 2 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | Quantity: number of experiments = 11 |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of samples = 11 |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of samples = 22 |
| Biochemical measurements (eg lipids, amino acids) | Quantity: number of samples = 11 |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 11 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 11 Description: Physiology studies |
| Pelagic bacteria/micro-organisms | Quantity: number of samples = 11 |
| Data held at BODC | |
| Discrete samples | |
| 20 General station with STD/bottles/additional instruments | Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies |
