RV Lough Foyle LF/08/93
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/08/93 |
| Cruise period | 1993-03-22 — 1993-03-26 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The primary objective of this cruise was to undertake sampling of the National Monitoring Plan Stations. These are located at the mouth of Belfast Lough, the North Channel and off the North Coast.
Secondary aims were to obtain nutrient and salinity data from the North Channel and the North Coast. The ships' clean water supply was used for surface nutrient and chlorophyll analysis |
| Chief scientist | Matt Service (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.18 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | The mouth of Belfast Lough, the North Channel and the North Coast. |
| Track charts | (0.13 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 6 Description: CTD profiles taken at station 6, 7,8,9,10 and 16 for nutrients |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 6 Description: CTD profiles taken at station 6, 7,8,9,10 and 16 for chlorophylls |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of experiments = 4 Description: 2 trawls with a 2m beam trawl, 2 with the rockhopper trawl made close to the Intermediate NMP site. Specimens of dab recovered for heavy metal and pesticide analysis |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 8 Description: Surface water samples collected at stations 1, 2, 3, 4,10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 16 for metal analysis. Collected using a Hydrobios water bottole at 1m depth. Samples for organochlorine analysis collected using a stainless steel Winchester sinker |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of measurements = 1 Description: Measurements taken at station 15 for benthic faunal analysis and sedimentary chemistry using a standard Day grab fitted with stainless steel jaws |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: number of experiments = 1 Description: Video sledge tow |
