RV Lough Foyle LF/19/98
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/19/98 |
| Cruise period | 1998-05-05 — 1998-05-07 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To collect data on water column structure at the DANI mooring site and standard station in Irish coastal waters.
2. To investigate the distribution of phytoplankton and dissolved nutrients along an east-west section of the Irish Sea from Irish coastal waters to Liverpool Bay. |
| Chief scientist | Richard Gowen (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Western Irish Sea to Liverpool Bay. |
| Track charts | (0.01 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 11 Description: Line of stations worked across the Irish Sea to Liverpool Bay |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Other chemical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 1 Description: Water samples taken for the concentrations of dissolved inorganic nutrients at station 47 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 2 Description: Samples collected using a 0.6m, 280 micro metre mesh ring net (vertical hauls) at station 47 and at the DANI mooring station |
| Nekton | Quantity: number of stations = 1 Description: Water samples taken for the estimation of phytoplankton biomass at station 47 |
