Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Edward Forbes (74EF) |
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Cruise identifier | B/10/75 (19/75) |
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Cruise period | 1975-10-22 — 1975-10-29 |
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Status | Completed |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Bristol Channel survey. |
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Chief scientist | Michael B Jordan (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Bristol Channel |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 21 Description: S surface only |
Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of stations = 48 |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 48 |
Total - P | Quantity: number of stations = 48 |
Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 48 |
Nitrite | Quantity: number of stations = 48 |
Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 48 |
Trace elements | Quantity: number of stations = 48 |
Radioactivity | Quantity: number of stations = 31 Description: Cs-137 |
Contamination | |
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Suspended matter | |
Trace metals | Quantity: number of stations = 48 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Primary productivity | Quantity: number of stations = 1 |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 48 |
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of stations = 96 |
Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC) | Quantity: number of stations = 48 |
Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 44 |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 44 Description: Identification and distribution |
Data held at BODC | |
Discrete samples | |
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115 General station with STD/bottles/additional instruments | Temperature of the water column Salinity of the water column Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
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44 Lowestoft Sampler | Zooplankton taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column Zooplankton non taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column Fish abundance in water bodies
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