RRS John Murray JM14/77
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS John Murray (74MJ) |
| Cruise identifier | JM14/77 |
| Cruise period | 1977-11-11 — 1977-11-17 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) At four anchor stations to the study the release of chemical compounds from bottom sediments as a result of tidal disturbances
2) To collect and filter seawater samples from five stations in Swansea Bay for return to Plymouth for bio-assay experiments. |
| Chief scientist | Peter G Watson (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Bristol Channel |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 3 Description: surface only |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Other dissolved gases | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| pH | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Trace elements | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 3 Description: chemical analysis of sediments |
