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RV Lough Foyle LF/23/96

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Lough Foyle (74LG)
Cruise identifierLF/23/96
Cruise period1996-06-03 — 1996-06-06
StatusCompleted
Port of departureBelfast, United Kingdom
Port of returnBelfast, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To assess temperature, salinity and nutrient distributions over a grid of stations in the north western Irish Sea.
2. To recover MAFF instrumentation from mooring located at station 45 on the sampling grid.
Chief scientistBrian Stewart (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland)
Cruise reportRV Lough Foyle LF/23/96 cruise report lf23_96.pdf (0.13 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralIrish Sea and St. George's Channel
SpecificNW Irish Sea and North Channel
Track chartsRV Lough Foyle LF/23/96 cruise track — lf23_96track.pdf (0.02 MB) 
Moorings, landers, buoys 
Physical oceanography 
CTD stations53° 27' 59" N  6° 2' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
CTD stations54° 12' 59" N  5° 30' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
CTD stations54° 6' 0" N  5° 20' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
CTD stations53° 42' 59" N  5° 31' 59" W — CTD, Secchi, Corer, Sediment C/N and Chlorophyll a, Mooring service. (C/N and oxygen @ 10m intervals)
CTD stations53° 36' 59" N  6° 2' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
CTD stations54° 21' 0" N  5° 24' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
CTD stations53° 42' 59" N  6° 9' 0" W — CTD, Secchi, Corer, Sediment C/N and Chlorophyll a
CTD stations53° 51' 0" N  6° 10' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
CTD stations54° 6' 0" N  5° 51' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
CTD stations53° 57' 59" N  5° 49' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
CTD stations54° 21' 0" N  5° 9' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
CTD stations54° 36' 0" N  5° 9' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
CTD stations54° 40' 59" N  5° 19' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
CTD stations53° 51' 0" N  5° 33' 59" W — CTD, Secchi (C/N and oxygen @ 10m intervals)
CTD stations53° 36' 59" N  5° 27' 59" W — CTD, Secchi (C/N and oxygen @ 10m intervals)
CTD stations53° 27' 59" N  5° 27' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
CTD stations53° 21' 0" N  5° 30' 0" W — CTD, Secchi
CTD stations54° 27' 59" N  5° 22' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
Other physical oceanographic measurements54° 6' 0" N  5° 51' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
Other physical oceanographic measurements53° 27' 59" N  6° 2' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
Other physical oceanographic measurements53° 51' 0" N  6° 10' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
Other physical oceanographic measurements54° 12' 59" N  5° 30' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
Other physical oceanographic measurements53° 42' 59" N  5° 31' 59" W — CTD, Secchi, Corer, Sediment C/N and Chlorophyll a, Mooring service. (C/N and oxygen @ 10m intervals)
Other physical oceanographic measurements53° 21' 0" N  5° 30' 0" W — CTD, Secchi
Other physical oceanographic measurements53° 42' 59" N  6° 9' 0" W — CTD, Secchi, Corer, Sediment C/N and Chlorophyll a
Other physical oceanographic measurements53° 27' 59" N  5° 27' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
Other physical oceanographic measurements53° 57' 59" N  5° 49' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
Other physical oceanographic measurements54° 27' 59" N  5° 22' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
Other physical oceanographic measurements54° 21' 0" N  5° 9' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
Other physical oceanographic measurements53° 36' 59" N  6° 2' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
Other physical oceanographic measurements54° 36' 0" N  5° 9' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
Other physical oceanographic measurements54° 6' 0" N  5° 20' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
Other physical oceanographic measurements54° 40' 59" N  5° 19' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
Other physical oceanographic measurements54° 21' 0" N  5° 24' 59" W — CTD, Secchi
Other physical oceanographic measurements53° 51' 0" N  5° 33' 59" W — CTD, Secchi (C/N and oxygen @ 10m intervals)
Other physical oceanographic measurements53° 36' 59" N  5° 27' 59" W — CTD, Secchi (C/N and oxygen @ 10m intervals)
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)53° 42' 59" N  5° 31' 59" W — CTD, Secchi, Corer, Sediment C/N and Chlorophyll a, Mooring service. (C/N and oxygen @ 10m intervals)
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)53° 42' 59" N  6° 9' 0" W — CTD, Secchi, Corer, Sediment C/N and Chlorophyll a
Geology and geophysics 
Core - soft bottom53° 42' 59" N  6° 9' 0" W — CTD, Secchi, Corer, Sediment C/N and Chlorophyll a
Core - soft bottom53° 42' 59" N  5° 31' 59" W — CTD, Secchi, Corer, Sediment C/N and Chlorophyll a, Mooring service. (C/N and oxygen @ 10m intervals)