RV Lough Foyle LF/24/92
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/24/92 |
| Cruise period | 1992-10-20 — 1992-10-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To map the temperature, salinity and nutrient distributions in the NW Irish Sea. |
| Chief scientist | Brian Stewart (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Western Irish Sea and North Channel |
| Track charts | (0.03 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 19 Description: CTD/rosette deployed at each station to aquire nutrient from the depth profile |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 19 Description: CTD/rosette deployed at each station to aquire temperautre and salinity data from the depth profile |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of stations = 19 |
| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Quantity: number of stations = 6 Description: Underwater light measurements |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 19 Description: Duplicate zooplankton hauls were taken at each station |
