RV Edward Forbes B/17/74
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Edward Forbes (74EF) |
| Cruise identifier | B/17/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-09-05 — 1974-09-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Objectives | Bristol Channel survey |
| Chief scientist | William W Brown (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Bristol Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 58 |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of stations = 54 |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Quantity: number of stations = 58 |
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of stations = 58 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 58 Description: Concentration of phaeopigments. |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 58 Description: Concentration of chlorophyll. |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of stations = 58 |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 58 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 58 |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 58 |
