RRS Challenger CH5B/76
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Challenger (74CH) |
| Cruise identifier | CH5B/76 |
| Cruise period | 1976-04-05 — 1976-04-11 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Dunstaffnage, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Investigation of the population of deep sea demersal fish on a transect down the continental slope and carry out physiological and microbial investigations on some of the fish species. |
| Chief scientist | John D M Gordon (Scottish Marine Biological Association) |
| Cruise report |  (0.44 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Track charts | (0.05 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: activity duration in hours = 20 Description: population survey. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of stations = 6 Description: multiple corer. |
