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Project details
| Title: | National Facility External Users: M. Pichon (AIMS) |
| Id: | 132 |
| Acronym: | National Facility user: Pichon, M. |
| Investigator(s): | Michel Pichon
Australian Institute of Marine Science [details] |
| Description: | |
| Years: | 1986 |
List of surveys that this project was on. Click on column header to sort.
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| Survey | Investigator | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FR 02/92 [details] |
M. Pichon (AIMS), P. Arnold (Mus. Trop. QLD) & R. Birtle (James Cook University) | Cruise FR 02/92 (also know as CIDARIS III) was undertaken to collect samples of deep sea bottom fauna from the NE Australian Slope and the adjacent Coral Sea. Survey methods included grabs, sledges, beam trawls and underway instrumentation. The macrofauna collected by sledge and beam trawl represents an excellent sample of the bathyal and upper abyssal benthic fauna and complements the species list obtained in particular during cruise FR 07/88 (CIDARIS II). On board preliminary sorting indicates that a number of specimens belong to new or little know species. Furthermore, valuable data has been obtained on the changes in faunal assemblage with depth and in particular with the nature of the sediment and the amount or organic matter available at the water-sediment interface, resulting from land-derived inputs. |
| FR 07/88 [details] |
M. Pichon (AIMS) & P. Arnold (Queensland Museum) | Cruise FR 07/88 (also known as CIDARIS II) was undertaken to study deep bottom fauna of the Barrier Reef Shelf and adjacent Coral Sea. This cruise is the follow up of FR 03/86 and corresponds to leg 2 of the original proposal submitted in 1985 to the National Facility Steering Committee. Twenty five stations were sampled at depths ranging between 400 m and 4000 m. Survey methods included grabs, dredges, sledges, beam trawls and underway instrumentation. Preliminary sorting of fauna and sediment samples conducted on board and taken back for laboratory study. |
| FR 03/86 [details] |
M. Pichon (James Cook University) including other PIs | Cruise FR 03/86 (also known as CIDARIS I) was undertaken to study deep bottom fauna of the Barrier Reef Shelf and adjacent Coral Sea. Survey methods included grabs, dredges, sledges and beam trawls. Data, sediment, rock fragments and biological samples were collected for on board and laboratory analysis. |