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RRS Shackleton S1A/77

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Shackleton (74SF)
Cruise identifierS1A/77
Cruise period1977-01-12 — 1977-01-12
StatusCompleted
Port of departureBarry, United Kingdom
Port of returnPlymouth, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesThe completion of a regular sampling programme to measure the annual production of macrofauna at a Modiolus community.
Chief scientistRichard Warwick (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth)
Cruise reportRRS Shackleton S1A/77 cruise report shackleton1a_77.pdf (0.04 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralBristol Channel
Measurements 
Biology and fisheries 
ZoobenthosQuantity: 1
Description: survey:population,energy transfers,distribution etc.
Geology and geophysics 
DredgeQuantity: number of deployments = 2
GrabQuantity: number of samples = 16