RV Lough Foyle LF/14/2000
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/14/2000 |
| Cruise period | 2000-04-05 — 2000-04-06 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To recommence nutrient monitoring at station 38A.
2. To assess the basic nutritional quality of phytoplankton during the period of the spring bloom. 3. To assess temperature, salinity and nutrient distributions over depth at stations 38A and 47. |
| Chief scientist | Brian Stewart (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Western Irish Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of measurements = 1 Description: Following the deployment of the rosette water sampler, zooplankton net and sediment corer, the ship sailed to Dundalk Bay. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of measurements = 1 Description: Following the deployment of the rosette water sampler, zooplankton net and sediment corer, the ship sailed to Dundalk Bay. |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | 53° 46' 55" N 5° 38' 3" W — A nutrient sampler and biological sampler were attatched to the mooring, as well as a chain of thermistors before it was successfully deployed. |
