RV Lough Foyle LF/11/94
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/11/94 |
| Cruise period | 1994-04-24 — 1994-04-29 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Ichthyoplankton of the western Irish Sea
1. To sample a grid of stations across the western Irish Sea to determine plankton distributions and abundance's, especially the Nephrops larvae, and plantonic predators. 2. To sample fish larvae for species abundance and production data in the Dundalk Bay. 3. To collect fish larvae for growth analysis using primary increment analysis. 4. To survey the abundance of copepod nauplii in the western Irish Sea. 5. To collect samples for the DANI student working on secondary production in the Irish Sea. 6. To collect fish larvae for carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) analysis. |
| Chief scientist | Mark Dickey-Collas (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Western Irish Sea and North Channel |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 6 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of samples = 16 Description: chlorophyll analysis. |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 31 Description: High speed plankton sampler: 31 hauls over 22 stations |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 31 Description: High speed plankton sampler: 31 hauls over 22 stations |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 31 Description: High speed plankton sampler: 31 hauls over 22 stations |
