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RRS Discovery D105

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Discovery (74E3)
Cruise identifierD105
Cruise period1979-08-29 — 1979-10-23
StatusCompleted
Port of departureBarry, United Kingdom
Port of returnSouth Shields, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. Continued benthic and midwater sampling in the Porcupine Sea Bight area for comparison with data gained on previous cruises.
2. A day and night vertical series of midwater hauls for S.M.B.A biologists at their routine benthic sampling station in the Rockall Trough.
3. A series of oblique midwater hauls along the 13W or 17W meridian to investigate the influence of the Mediterranean outflow and the delineation of zoogeographic boundaries.
4. A transect of benthic sledge tows out from the continental shelf of North West Africa to abyssal plain depths.
5. A survey of any fronts encountered in the Porcupine Sea Bight area.
6. Midwater hauls using the low level photometer to fish specific isolumes.
Chief scientistPeter J Herring (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory)
Coordinating bodyIOS/SMBA
Cruise reportRRS Discovery D105 cruise report d105.pdf (1.15 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Track chartsRRS Discovery D105 cruise track — d105track.pdf (0.01 MB) 
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 15
Optics (eg underwater light levels)Quantity: 28
Chemical oceanography 
OxygenQuantity: 5
Biology and fisheries 
Zooplankton
Neuston
Nekton
ZoobenthosQuantity: 26
BirdsDescription: identification,physiology,population structures
Other biological/fisheries measurementDescription: bioluminescence
Geology and geophysics 
Core - soft bottomQuantity: number of cores = 2
Data held at BODC 
Series/Profiles 
2  CTD/STD cast
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Electrical conductivity of the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
2893861979-09-01 07:44  — 1979-09-01 07:46 54° 37' 18" N  12° 25' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 289386
2893981979-09-11 18:26 49° 40' 12" N  14° 2' 41" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 289398