| Cruise ID | SOTW01WT |
| Vessel | R/V THOMAS WASHINGTON |
| Title | SOUTHTOW Expedition (SOTW) |
| Abstract | Intensive sampling studies on abyssal benthic communities will be made, quantitative work and qualitative analysis of meiofauna amd megafauna to obtain a clearer understanding of theese end-of-gradient marine communities |
| Starting Port | San Diego, California, USA |
| Ending Port | Papeete, Tahiti |
| Starting Date | 1972-01-05 |
| Ending Date | 1972-02-10 |
| Latitude Maximum | 32.4266 |
| Latitude Minimum | -25.32 |
| Longitude Maximum | 242.543 |
| Longitude Minimum | 210.607 |
| Principal Investigator | Hessler, Robert R. |
| Scientist Names | R. R. HESSLER - CHIEF SCIENTIST - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :P. LIEBERTZ - RESIDENT TECH - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :J. L. ABBOTT - COMPUTER TECH - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :D. MCKINNEY - AIRGUN TECH - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :C. EDGERTON - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :K. FAUCHAULD - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :J. GRAHAM - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :D. HOPE - STAFF - SMITHSONIAN INST. :P. A. JUMARS - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :J. KEELER - STAFF - NON-SCRIPPS EMPLOYEE :E. MILLS - STAFF - CANADA :W. NEWMAN - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :C. PLATT - STAFF - NON-SCRIPPS EMPLOYEE :L. RITCHIE - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :F. ROKOP - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :G. WILSON - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :S. WOODIN - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION |
