CRUISE SUMMARY
Cruise 77 of ORV Sagar Kanya was multi disciplinary in nature. The cruise was undertaken to initiate the JGOFS - INDIA programme. The ship sailed from Mormugao on 21.9.92 and touched Cochin port briefly to collect Multiple Plankton Net and the participants from Cochin Centre. The ship left the Cochin port on 25.9.92 and commenced the observational programme along the south - north axis of the Arabian Sea.

Altogether 27 stations were worked out. Out of these, at 5 JGOFS stations diurnal observations were made. Observations were made on CTD, primary production, zooplankton, bacteria and foraminifera also. The cruise ended at Mormugao harbour on 7.10.92

PARTICIPANTS

Scientific component

M. Madhupratap            Chief Scientist NIO, Goa
P.M.A. Bhattathiri        NIO, Goa
C.T. Achuthankutty        NIO, Goa
N. Ramaih                 NIO, Goa
P. Matondkar              NIO, Goa
V. Subramanium            NIO, Goa
M.K. Antony               NIO, Goa
S. Prasanna Kumar         NIO, Goa
V. Kesava Das             NIO, Goa
A.S. Muralinath           NIO, Goa
Rahul Mohan               NIO, Goa

K.K.C. Nair               NIO, Regional Center Cochin
T. Balachandran           NIO, Regional Center Cochin
T.C. Gopalkrishnan        NIO, Regional Center Cochin
P.N. Aravindakshan        NIO, Regional Center Cochin