RRS Challenger CH11/82
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Challenger (74CH) |
| Cruise identifier | CH11/82 |
| Cruise period | 1982-07-29 — 1982-08-12 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Falmouth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To continue joint seasonal benthic sampling programmes on the SMBA Permanent Station (56º 40'N, 12º 16'W) and in the vicinity of station 'M' (57º 18'N, 10º 23'W) for SMBA and Univ. Coll. Swansea.
2. To undertake a programme of quantitative benthic sampling in the northern Rockall Trough using USNEL 0.15m2 box corer with "Sandia" and RVS modifications. 3. To collect megabenthos using the Agassiz trawl at the box coring stations in order to continue collaborative studies on the zoogeography, and life history biology of echinoderms, coelenterates and other fauna with Univ. Coll. Swansea, BM (NH) and Luton. 4. To collect deep-sea fishes in Agassiz trawl hauls for Dr J.D.M. Gordon, SMBA. 5. To continue seasonal collection of benthic megafauna for the MAFF Radiobiological Laboratory, Lowestoft (Dr R.J. Pentreath). 6. To undertake a programme of surface water sampling in order to continue Portaferry studies of phytoplankton growth on the shelf and at the shelf/slope break, particuarly off the Hebrides. |
| Chief scientist | John D Gage (Scottish Marine Biological Association) |
| Cruise report |  (0.46 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Rockall Trough |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of profiles = 9 |
| Water bottle stations | Description: surface only |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 9 |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 9 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of hauls = 26 Description: biomass determination |
