RV Lough Foyle LF/09/90
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/09/90 |
| Cruise period | 1990-06-03 — 1990-06-07 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | NW Irish Sea Nephrops stocks
1. To sample stations identified during the February and April Nephrops cruises. 2. To collect sediment samples for granulometric analysis at each trawl station. 3. To take samples of surface water at a range of stations. |
| Chief scientist | Richard P Briggs (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Western Irish Sea |
| Track charts | (0.01 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 25 Description: T only. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 9 Description: Water samples collected for nutrient analysis. |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 9 Description: Water samples collected for nutrient analysis. |
| Nitrite | Quantity: number of stations = 9 Description: Water samples collected for nutrient analysis. |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 9 Description: Water samples collected for nutrient analysis. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of stations = 25 |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 50 Description: Sediment samples taken using a Day grab at the beginning and end of each tow. |
