RRS Discovery D15
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
| Cruise identifier | D15 |
| Cruise period | 1966-10-07 — 1966-11-28 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. The collection and study of animals occurring above the slopes of the Azores, Madeira, Fuerteventura and Morocco. Catch volumes and preliminary sorting to be done on board.
2. A study of the variation between replicate hauls of the N113H and N7OV at selected depths to aid in the evaluation of results obtained on the SOND cruise of 1965, to compare previous similar work done at 30N and 23W and to facilitate the planning of future sampling. 3. Sampling at the principal area studied during the SOND cruise to find any marked differences in faunal composition between the years. 4. Experiments in the operation of the EMT and the free rise net (F.R.N) |
| Chief scientist | Malcolm R Clarke (National Institute of Oceanography) |
| Cruise report |  (0.89 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: chlorophyll 'a' content of the water as a measure of the standing crop of phytoplankton. |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: 12 |
| Neuston | Description: Net continuously used to collect small surface animals for physiological experiments. |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 40 Description: Engel midwater trawls. |
