RRS Challenger CH9A/80
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Challenger (74CH) |
| Cruise identifier | CH9A/80 |
| Cruise period | 1980-05-24 — 1980-05-31 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Dunstaffnage, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To obtain samples of abyssal macrobenthos with the epibenthic sled at the SMBA permanent station 54 40'N 12 16'W at 2900m depth in order to continue the sample time series.
2. To obtain samples of deep plankton. 3. To obtain samples using both the Agassiz trawl and epibenthic sled at SMBA hydrographic station "M" on 57 18'N 10 23'W in order to continue a secondary time series of samples of abyssal megabenthos. 4. To test a new 0.25 metre squared box corer for R.V.S. |
| Chief scientist | John D Gage (Scottish Marine Biological Association) |
| Cruise report |  (0.27 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Rockall Trough |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 2 |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of samples = 3 Description: survey:taxonomy |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: testing of new box corer. |
