RV Lough Foyle LF/07/91
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/07/91 |
| Cruise period | 1991-03-11 — 1991-03-15 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To map the surface water nutrient concentrations, temperature and salinity of
the NW Irish Sea. 2. To validate the use of the ship's clean seawater supply as a sample point for continuous analysis. 3. To make trial measurements of the underwater light with the newly-acquired quantum meters. |
| Chief scientist | Chris E Gibson (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | NW Irish Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: Continuous recording, with data logged at 5 minute intervals. |
| CTD stations | |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab |
