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 |
