Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Edward Forbes (74EF) |
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Cruise identifier | C/1/77 |
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Cruise period | 1977-03-31 — 1977-04-12 |
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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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Chief scientist | James Aiken (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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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 = 40 Description: 10 S surface 20 T bottom |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: 6 |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Phosphate | Quantity: 218 |
Total - P | Quantity: 218 |
Nitrate | Quantity: 218 |
Nitrite | Quantity: 218 |
Silicate | Quantity: 218 |
Trace elements | Quantity: 32 Description: As |
Other chemical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: 6 Description: continuous sub-surface chlorophyll msmnts. |
Contamination | |
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Trace metals | Quantity: 32 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 278 |
Phytoplankton | Quantity: 104 Description: identification,distribution |
Zooplankton | Quantity: 2 |