RV Celtic Voyager CV20020
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Celtic Voyager (45CV) |
| Cruise identifier | CV20020 |
| Cruise period | 2020-01-27 — 2020-02-08 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Galway, Ireland |
| Port of return | Galway, Ireland |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The survey aims to fulfill Ireland's requirements under the Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme (JAMP) of the 1992 Oslo-Paris Convention for the Protection of the North East Atlantic (OSPAR). This requires answering 3 key questions
1. What is the spatial distribution of nutrients? 2. Are nutrient concentrations changing over time (trends)? 3. Are nutrient concentrations significantly elevated (>50%) above salinity related and/or regionally specific background levels? Question number 3 requires that we know what the 'background levels' are. This is why we would like to extend the scope of our sampling to include more samples in the Celtic Sea and one transect across St. George's Channel. Allowing us to make an assessment of the nutrient inputs to the Irish Sea. |
| Chief scientist | Evin McGovern (Marine Institute Galway) |
| NPRC |  (0.14 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Celtic Sea Unknown |
| Specific | Carlingford Lough (54.0500 N, -6.1500 W), Irish and Celtic Seas as far south as 51.40 N and east as –5.45 W. |
