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RRS Discovery D374
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
Cruise identifier | D374 |
Cruise period | 2012-03-17 — 2012-03-20 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Montego Bay, Jamaica |
Port of return | Montego Bay, Jamaica |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | D374 was a short cruise to recover two moorings in the Cayman trough deployed on RRS James Cook cruise JC044 in Mar-Apr 2010. Apart from the mooring recovery, no other scientific activities were planned. The 2 moorings contain scientific instruments collecting oceanographic data (CTD), biofouling experiments and biodegradation experiments (whale bone and wood) designed to look for the enigmatic Osedax bone-eating worm and Xylophaga shipworm. |
Chief scientist | Adrian Glover (Natural History Museum, London) |
Project | Hydrothermal activity and deep-ocean biology of the Mid-Cayman Rise NE/F018606 |
Coordinating body | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) |
Cruise report | (0.49 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Caribbean Sea |
Specific | Cayman Trough |
Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of samples = 19 Description: Whale bone, wood and organic matter samples retrieved from both moorings |
Moorings, landers, buoys | |
Physical oceanography | |
CTD stations | 18° 22' 33" N 81° 40' 19" W — Mooring recovery |
CTD stations | 18° 32' 43" N 81° 43' 19" W — Mooring recovery |
Current profiler (eg ADCP) | 18° 22' 33" N 81° 40' 19" W — Mooring recovery |
Current profiler (eg ADCP) | 18° 32' 43" N 81° 43' 19" W — Mooring recovery |
Biology and fisheries | |
Benthic bacteria/micro-organisms | 18° 32' 43" N 81° 43' 19" W — Mooring recovery |
Benthic bacteria/micro-organisms | 18° 22' 33" N 81° 40' 19" W — Mooring recovery |
Zoobenthos | 18° 32' 43" N 81° 43' 19" W — Mooring recovery |
Zoobenthos | 18° 22' 33" N 81° 40' 19" W — Mooring recovery |