RV Edward Forbes C/1/77
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Edward Forbes (74EF) |
| Cruise identifier | C/1/77 |
| Cruise period | 1977-03-31 — 1977-04-12 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Chief scientist | James Aiken (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Trace metals | Quantity: 32 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 278 |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: 104 Description: identification,distribution |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: 2 |
