RRS Charles Darwin CD95
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Charles Darwin (74AB) |
| Cruise identifier | CD95 |
| Cruise period | 1995-08-08 — 1995-09-14 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Ponta Delgada, Portugal |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Measuring the energy chemical mass and biological fluxes from a hydro- thermally active segment of the Mid Atlantic Ridge |
| Chief scientist | Bramley J Murton (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory) |
| Project | BRIDGES |
| Cruise report |  (2.17 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Atlantic Ocean |
| Specific | The Broken Spur vent field in sector 17 of the Mid Atlantic Ridge |
| Track charts | (0.10 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of deployments = 24 Description: BRIDGET deployments. Which contained in situ sensors for particulates, temperature, salinity and dissolved Mn. |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 6 Description: Current meter deployment |
| Neutrally buoyant floats | Quantity: number of deployments = 11 Description: Acoustic navigation transponder fish. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Trace elements | Quantity: number of deployments = 24 Description: BRIDGET deployments. Which contained in situ sensors for particulates, temperature, salinity and dissolved Mn. |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Quantity: number of deployments = 24 Description: BRIDGET deployments. Which contained in situ sensors for particulates, temperature, salinity and dissolved Mn. |
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of deployments = 24 Description: BRIDGET deployments. Which contained in situ sensors for particulates, temperature, salinity and dissolved Mn. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of deployments = 14 Description: RMT nets |
| Nekton | Quantity: number of deployments = 14 Description: RMT nets |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 4 Description: 4 deployments of the rock chipper sampler |
| Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 4 Description: 4 deployments of the rock dredge sampler |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: number of surveys = 1 Description: Echo sounder survey. |
