Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Edward Forbes (74EF) |
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Cruise identifier | B/4/74 |
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Cruise period | 1974-03-14 — 1974-03-20 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Bristol Channel survey cruise |
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Chief scientist | Vernon Bainbridge (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Bristol Channel |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 19 |
Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Quantity: number of stations = 19 |
Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 19 |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 19 |
Total - P | Quantity: number of stations = 19 |
Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 19 |
Nitrite | Quantity: number of stations = 19 |
Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 19 |
Trace elements | Quantity: number of stations = 19 |
Isotopes | Quantity: number of stations = 19 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 19 |
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of samples = 38 |
Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC) | Quantity: number of stations = 19 |
Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 19 |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 19 |
Meteorology | |
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Occasional standard measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 19 |
Data held at BODC | |
Discrete samples | |
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19 General station with STD/bottles/additional instruments | Particulate total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Concentration of adenylates in the water column Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Dissolved metal concentrations in the water column Particulate total and organic carbon concentrations in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
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19 Lowestoft Sampler | Zooplankton taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column Fish morphology, age and physiology Zooplankton non taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column Fish abundance in water bodies
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