RV Lough Foyle LF/04/95
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/04/95 |
| Cruise period | 1995-02-06 — 1995-02-09 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The primary function of the cruise was to sample the three offshore N Ireland National Monitoring Plan stations. Other aims were to carry out additional monitoring of coastal nutrient levels in relation to major riverine inputs, collect sediment cores and water samples for the oceanography programme and undertake scallop dreging on the N Coast scallop beds. |
| Chief scientist | Matt Service (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.05 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Irish Sea, North Channel, northern coast of Ireland |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of deployments = 7 Description: Rosette water sampling for nutrients and chlorophyll |
| Sediment traps | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Sedimant grab sampling, number of hauls not specified |
| Molluscs | Description: Scallop dredges, number of dredges not noted |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Description: Scallop dredges, number of dredges not noted |
| Grab | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Sedimant grab sampling, number of hauls not specified |
