RV Tellina 2/76
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
| Cruise identifier | 2/76 |
| Cruise period | 1976-02-03 — 1976-02-12 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To conduct a grid survey of fine particulate sediments in the
Lowestoft area. 2. To study the variations in suspended sediment content of the water with current velocity at fixed stations over a tidal cycle. 3. To collect samples of mud and benthic fauna for laboratory investigations. 4. To investigate the production of a fluid mud stream by a dredger when dumping its load. |
| Chief scientist | Richard Simon Millner (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Quantity: 2 Description: 13 hours |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Quantity: 2 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: 16 Description: monitoring and surveillance |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 8 |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 82 |
