RRS Challenger CH14A/80
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Challenger (74CH) |
| Cruise identifier | CH14A/80 |
| Cruise period | 1980-09-11 — 1980-09-19 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Oban, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To obtain seasonal samples of deep-sea benthos and deep plankton at the SMBA Permanent Station and at Station 'M' using the epibenthic sled, Agassiz trawl and RMT 1.
2. To obtain seabed photographs using a new towed camera sled. Not possible due to a combination of bad weather and lack of time. 3. To continue trials, and to obtain quantitative bottom samples, with the new RVS box corer. |
| Chief scientist | John D Gage (Scottish Marine Biological Association) |
| Cruise report |  (0.38 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Rockall Trough |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 Description: survey:taxonomy,population structures |
| Gear research | |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 |
