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RRS Discovery D140
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
Cruise identifier | D140 |
Cruise period | 1983-08-05 — 1983-09-13 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Dakar, Senegal |
Port of return | South Shields, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To study the distribution of the benthopelagic fauna down to 4000m on appropriate slope areas between 15N and 20N.
2. To relate the vertical distribution of the pelagic fauna in the Cape Verde area to the ambient light densities. 3. To investigate particular aspects of the physiology and biochemistry of oceanic animals. 4. To investigate the geochemistry of short sediment cores from slope regions. |
Chief scientist | Peter J Herring (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (1.01 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
Specific | W. African Coast/ Eastern Atlantic |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
Neuston | |
Nekton | |
Zoobenthos | Description: distribution,physiology |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: bioluminescence |