RV Lough Foyle LF/17/90
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/17/90 |
| Cruise period | 1990-11-27 — 1990-11-29 |
| Status | Completed |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To compare the clean sea water supply in the laboratory with the 5m depth water over the side; to map the nutrient distribution of the NW Irish Sea. |
| Chief scientist | Chris E Gibson (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.42 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Northern Irish Sea and North Channel |
| Track charts | (0.01 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| CTD stations | |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Description: Secchi disk readings taken at each station during first day. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Description: Survey mapping nutrient distribution of the NW Irish Sea. |
| Nitrate | Description: Survey mapping nutrient distribution of the NW Irish Sea. |
| Nitrite | Description: Survey mapping nutrient distribution of the NW Irish Sea. |
| Ammonia | Description: Survey mapping nutrient distribution of the NW Irish Sea. |
| Silicate | Description: Survey mapping nutrient distribution of the NW Irish Sea. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: Continuous measurement. |
| Phytoplankton | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of stations = 2 |
