RV Lough Foyle LF/02/2001
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/02/2001 |
| Cruise period | 2001-01-07 — 2001-01-09 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To maintain a nutrient monitoring programme at staiton 38A.
2. To assess temperature, salinity and nutrient distribution over depth at stations 38A and 47. 3. To perform an acoustic benthic survey of outer Belfast Lough. |
| Chief scientist | Brian Stewart (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.29 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | NW Irish Sea, Dundalk Bay and Belfast Lough. |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Sediment traps | Quantity: number of samples = 5 Description: The rosette water sampler, sediment corer and 3 zooplankton net hauls were deployed. They were then taken close to Drogheda fore shore. |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 5 Description: The rosette water sampler, sediment corer and 3 zooplankton net hauls were deployed. They were then taken close to Drogheda fore shore. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: A RoxAnn acoustice benthic survey was taken at the entrance of Belfast Lough. |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | 53° 46' 48" N 5° 38' 2" W — The instrument mooring was recovered and serviced. The thermistor was removed and the information downloaded, the water sampler was replaced with a new unit. Then th mooring was successfully redeployed. |
