RV Edward Forbes 4/76 (B/2/76)
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Edward Forbes (74EF) |
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Cruise identifier | 4/76 (B/2/76) |
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Cruise period | 1976-03-06 — 1976-03-12 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Bristol Channel survey and Modiolus study off Ilfracombe |
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Chief scientist | Eric I Hamilton (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) | Quantity: 2 |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: 1 |
Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | Quantity: 24 |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Phosphate | Quantity: 2 |
Total - P | Quantity: 2 |
Nitrate | Quantity: 2 |
Trace elements | Quantity: 2 |
Contamination | |
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Suspended matter | Quantity: 2 |
Trace metals | Quantity: 2 |
Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: 2 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Zoobenthos | Quantity: 16 Description: survey:identification,distribution,communities |
Meteorology | |
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Other meteorological measurements | Quantity: number of observations = 10 Description: sea and swell |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: 3 Description: physical analysis of sediments |
Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: 3 |