RRS Challenger CH3/76
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Challenger (74CH) |
| Cruise identifier | CH3/76 |
| Cruise period | 1976-02-27 — 1976-03-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Greenock, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Greenock, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Continuation of seasonal sampling studies on the deep-sea benthos and midwater populations in the Rockall Trough, and laying a waverider buoy off South Uist for I.O.S. Taunton |
| Chief scientist | John D Gage (Scottish Marine Biological Association) |
| Cruise report |  (1.92 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts | (0.03 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: waverider buoy |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Description: population studies |
| Zoobenthos | Description: taxonomy,population studies |
