RV Tellina 4/67
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
| Cruise identifier | 4/67 |
| Cruise period | 1967-03-30 — 1967-04-08 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| 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. |
| Chief scientist | Peter A Ayers (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Burnham Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.15 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 62 |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 62 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| 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 | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of stations = 62 |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of stations = 62 |
