RV Edward Forbes 12/75 (B/8/75)
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Edward Forbes (74EF) |
| Cruise identifier | 12/75 (B/8/75) |
| Cruise period | 1975-07-10 — 1975-07-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Chief scientist | William W Brown (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Bristol Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: 1 |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: 1 |
| Current meters | Quantity: 4 Description: 3x5w+1x50h;3 rigs left from B;7;75 to be recovered |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: 1 |
| Total - P | Quantity: 1 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: 1 |
| Nitrite | Quantity: 1 |
| Silicate | Quantity: 1 |
| Trace elements | Quantity: 1 |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Quantity: 1 |
| Trace metals | Quantity: 1 |
| Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: 1 Description: air particulates |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | Quantity: 1 |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 1 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: 1 Description: biomass determination |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 4 Description: chemical analysis of sediments |
