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RRS Challenger CH9/76
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RRS Challenger (74CH) |
Cruise identifier | CH9/76 |
Cruise period | 1976-06-17 — 1976-06-28 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Dunstaffnage, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | Investigations and sampling of deep sea demersal fish populations using a bottom trawl. Studies of the deep sea and shelf benthos using an epibenthic sledge, spade box corer, multiple corer and Carib corer. Plankton sampling for decapod larvae. |
Chief scientist | Peter R Barnett (Scottish Marine Biological Association) |
Cruise report | (4.65 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 13 Description: bottom only |
Biology and fisheries | |
Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of hauls = 20 Description: survey:taxonomy,population studies etc. |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 5 Description: survey:taxonomy,population studies etc. |
Gear research | Quantity: number of hauls = 13 |
Meteorology | |
Routine standard measurements | Description: (syn.hours) |
Geology and geophysics | |
Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of stations = 8 |
Bottom photography | Quantity: number of stations = 2 |