RV Lough Foyle LF/jul/2001
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/jul/2001 |
| Cruise period | 2001-07-19 — 2001-08-01 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To service the DARD mooring in the western Irish Sea.
2. To investigate the near surface distribution of temperature, salinity and chlorophyll in the Irish Sea. 3. To investigate zooplankton abundance and species composition in relation to environmental variables in the Irish Sea. 4. To relate estimates of primary production to satellite imagery. 5. To undertake a preliminary study of the distribution of stable isotopes in the plankton and benthos in different regions of the Irish Sea. 6. To investigate the distribution of heavy metals associated with suspended particulate material. |
| Chief scientist | Richard Gowen (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.21 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Irish Sea and North Channel |
| Track charts | (0.04 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of recoveries = 1 Description: DARD offshore mooring was serviced and samples taken. |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: A line of 5 stations was worked before sailing to Liverpool. |
| CTD stations | Description: At DARD mooring site a CTD profile was recorded, water samples were taken for the calibration of the fluorometer and sediment samples for heavy metals. |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: A line of 5 stations was worked before sailing to Liverpool. |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: Near surface temperature and sainity samples were taken at 1min intervals on transect across the Irish Sea. Duration of sample taking not specified. |
| Subsurface temperature measurements | Quantity: number of recoveries = 1 Description: DARD offshore mooring was serviced and samples taken. |
| Contamination | |
| Trace metals | Description: Water samples were taken to look at the heavy metal concentrations. No. of samples not specified. |
| Trace metals | Description: At DARD mooring site a CTD profile was recorded, water samples were taken for the calibration of the fluorometer and sediment samples for heavy metals. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: Near surface water samples were collected at 30 min intervals for estimation of chlorophyll and concentrations of dissolved inorganic nutrients. Duration of sampling not specified. |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: At DARD mooring site a CTD profile was recorded, water samples were taken for the calibration of the fluorometer and sediment samples for heavy metals. |
| Data held at BODC | |
| Discrete samples | |
| 22 CTD frame plus rosette sampler | Carotenoid and flavenoid pigment concentrations in water bodies Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Light absorption in the water column Primary production in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies |
