RRS Challenger CH9/76
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Challenger (74CH) |
| Cruise identifier | CH9/76 |
| Cruise period | 1976-06-17 — 1976-06-28 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Dunstaffnage, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Investigations and sampling of deep sea demersal fish populations using a bottom trawl. Studies of the deep sea and shelf benthos using an epibenthic sledge, spade box corer, multiple corer and Carib corer. Plankton sampling for decapod larvae. |
| Chief scientist | Peter R Barnett (Scottish Marine Biological Association) |
| Cruise report |  (4.65 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 13 Description: bottom only |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of hauls = 20 Description: survey:taxonomy,population studies etc. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 5 Description: survey:taxonomy,population studies etc. |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of hauls = 13 |
| Meteorology | |
| Routine standard measurements | Description: (syn.hours) |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of stations = 8 |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: number of stations = 2 |
