RRS Shackleton S2A/77
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
| Cruise identifier | S2A/77 |
| Cruise period | 1977-01-24 — 1977-02-01 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To obtain epibenthic sledge samples of the abyssal macrobenthos in 2900m depth from the SMBA permanent deep station in the southern Rockall Trough In order to continue a time series of sampling initiated in Nov 1975.
2) To obtain a sample of the abysall megafauna using an Agassiz Trawl 3) To undertake a preliminary survey of the macrobenthic populations on a transect on the Porcupine Bank |
| Chief scientist | John D Gage (Scottish Marine Biological Association) |
| Cruise report |  (0.24 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: 12 Description: survey:taxonomy,population studies |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge |
