- Place: Kai and Tanimbar islands (Indonesia)
- Participants:
- Kasim Moosa (mission chief)
- Aznam Azis
- Burhanudin
- W. W. Kastoro
- Dwi Listyo Rayayu
- Bambang Sumiono
- Mahiswara
- Yunus Soselisa
- Djunaedi Muljawan
- Alain Crosnier
- Michel Potier
- Bertrand Richer de Forges
- Albert Le Crom
- Philippe Bouchet
- Jacques Forest
- Bernard Métivier
- Material used:
- Ship: Baruna Jaya I
- Sampling tackles:
- Stations list
- Results:
Abstract
The expedition was initially planned to depart from Ambon on October 7, 1991 and last 27 days. However, a series of incidents, partly technical, delayed departure until October 21 and, as a result, only 13 days of work were available. Hence our initial programme could not be carried out in full and we had to cancel the transects near the Aru Islands. A total of 91 stations, of which 85 were successful, were carried out near the Kai and Tanimbar Islands, at depths between 200 and 1200 m: 18 dredge hauls and 19 trawls near Kai, 10 dredges and 44 trawls near Tanimbar. Incidentally, this is exactly the same number of hauls carried out by the "Siboga" expedition at depths below 200 m, which points to the importance of the KARUBAR expedition, despite its short duration. It should be noted, however, that the "Siboga" sampled many more stations in very deep water: 30 "Siboga" stations are deeper than 1000 m, versus only 5 KARUBAR stations at such depths.
