Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
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Cruise identifier | 4/67 |
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Cruise period | 1967-03-30 — 1967-04-08 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Investigation of the nature of the seabed in the vicinity of sewage out-falls and sludge dumping areas in the Thames Estuary to include:-
(a) bacterial content of deposits.
(b) physical nature of deposits.
(c) organic content of deposits and other chemical tests if possible.
(d) benthos. |
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Chief scientist | Peter A Ayers (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Burnham Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.15 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 62 |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 62 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytobenthos | Quantity: number of stations = 62 |
Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of stations = 62 |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of samples = 208 Description: examined bacteriologically |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Grab | Quantity: number of stations = 62 |
Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of stations = 62 |