RRS Challenger CH101A
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Challenger (74CH) |
| Cruise identifier | CH101A |
| Cruise period | 1993-03-06 — 1993-03-13 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Oban, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Obtain seasonal macrobenthos samples, mollusc samples, collect CTD profiles and large volume water samples. Servicing of current meters. |
| Chief scientist | John D Gage (Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | Rockall Trough Time Series/Deep Sea Benthos/MAST II-0033 Ellett Line |
| Coordinating body | Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), DML, Oban/EC |
| Cruise report |  (0.71 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Rockall Trough and shelf edge off West Scotland |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: short plankton tow (0.25 sq.m) qualitative sample |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: short plankton tow (0.25 sq.m) qualitative sample |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 7 Description: Agassiz 3m beam trawl,gear problems 2 sites |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of deployments = 5 Description: Epibenthic sled (500 micron mesh) |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of deployments = 5 Description: Epibenthic sled (500 micron mesh) |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of hauls = 7 Description: Agassiz 3m beam trawl,gear problems 2 sites |
| Molluscs | Quantity: number of deployments = 5 Description: Epibenthic sled (500 micron mesh) |
| Molluscs | Quantity: number of hauls = 7 Description: Agassiz 3m beam trawl,gear problems 2 sites |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of deployments = 5 Description: Epibenthic sled (500 micron mesh) |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 7 Description: Agassiz 3m beam trawl,gear problems 2 sites |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of deployments = 5 Description: Epibenthic sled (500 micron mesh) |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of hauls = 7 Description: Agassiz 3m beam trawl,gear problems 2 sites |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of deployments = 4 Description: multicorer - premature (1 site), failed (3 sites) |
