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RV Lough Foyle LF/03/94
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
Cruise identifier | LF/03/94 |
Cruise period | 1994-01-31 — 1994-02-01 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | To determine the depth profile of temperature and salinity at 16 sampling stations using the CTD and rosette bottle array.
To collect water samples from various depths at each station for determination of key compounds using the TRAACS analyser. To measure chlorophyll concentration and collect samples of suspended particulates from the depth series at each station. To collect craib core samples from stations 47 and 38 for the determination of benthic chlorophyll concentration and abundance of foraminifera. To collect day grab samples of the soft mud at station 38 for faunistic and granulometric analyses. |
Chief scientist | Robin Hensley (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
Cruise report | (0.06 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
Specific | Irish Sea and North Channel |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
CTD stations | |
Biology and fisheries | |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | |
Geology and geophysics | |
Grab |