RRS Discovery D77
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
| Cruise identifier | D77 |
| Cruise period | 1976-07-15 — 1976-08-31 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The aims of Cruise 77 were to combine the collection of live materials for shipboard physiological and/or biochemical investigation with the specific sampling requirements of the IOS Wormley biological programme. The physiological and biochemical programmes concentrated largely on studies of bioluminescence and eye structure and function in a wide variety of both midwater and benthic animals. They also included studies on lipid metabolism and echinoid biology. |
| Chief scientist | Peter J Herring (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory) |
| Project | Distribution & physiology of plankton & benthos in the region of the Canary Islands |
| Cruise report |  (17.22 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Bay of Biscay North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 8 |
| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Quantity: 6 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 4 |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: 12 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 115 |
| Nekton | Quantity: number of hauls = 115 |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: 35 |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 115 |
