RV Edward Forbes 2/78 (C/1/78)
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Edward Forbes (74EF) |
| Cruise identifier | 2/78 (C/1/78) |
| Cruise period | 1978-02-14 — 1978-02-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Chief scientist | Howard H Bottrell (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Bristol Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: continuously, at 2m depth |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 6 Description: S surface only |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Nitrate | Quantity: 5 |
| Silicate | Quantity: 5 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: continuously, at 2m depth |
| Biochemical measurements (eg lipids, amino acids) | Quantity: 2 |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: 5 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: 4 Description: energy transfers,biomass determination,distribution |
| Seston | Quantity: 4 |
| Data held at BODC | |
| Discrete samples | |
| 8 General station with STD/bottles/additional instruments | Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies |
