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RV Tellina 4/67

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Tellina (74TE)
Cruise identifier4/67
Cruise period1967-03-30 — 1967-04-08
StatusCompleted
Port of departureLowestoft, United Kingdom
Port of returnLowestoft, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesInvestigation 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.
Chief scientistPeter A Ayers (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Burnham Laboratory)
Cruise reportRV Tellina 4/67 cruise report tellina04_67.pdf (0.15 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Quantity: number of stations = 62
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurementsQuantity: number of stations = 62
Biology and fisheries 
PhytobenthosQuantity: number of stations = 62
ZoobenthosQuantity: number of stations = 62
Other biological/fisheries measurementQuantity: number of samples = 208
Description: examined bacteriologically
Geology and geophysics 
GrabQuantity: number of stations = 62
Core - soft bottomQuantity: number of stations = 62