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RV Lough Foyle LF/17/95
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
Cruise identifier | LF/17/95 |
Cruise period | 1995-08-07 — 1995-08-18 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | To undertake a preliminary investigation of microplankton community structure and dynamics in the western Irish Sea.
To service the particle trap and current meter mooring at station 38. To determine rates of copepod egg production and viability. To make sub-surface optical measurements. |
Chief scientist | Richard Gowen (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
Cruise report | (0.18 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
Specific | Western Irish Sea |
Track charts | (0.01 MB) |
Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 3 Description: Three stations, 38, 41 and 47, were looked at and worked with. |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of measurements = 3 Description: Sampling of phytoplankton photosynthesis and microplankton respiration using size fractions, <20µm , <5µm and <2µm. |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Collections of water to look at in situ plankton. |
Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of measurements = 3 Description: Sampling of phytoplankton photosynthesis and microplankton respiration using size fractions, <20µm , <5µm and <2µm. |
Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 3 Description: Three stations, 38, 41 and 47, were looked at and worked with. |
Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 3 Description: Three stations, 38, 41 and 47, were looked at and worked with. |
Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of specimens = 2 Description: Collection of copepods for egg production and fertility at stations 38 and 47. |