RV Lough Foyle LF/26/95
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/26/95 |
| Cruise period | 1995-08-20 — 1995-08-23 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To obtain 20 quantitative macrobenthic samples from two soft mud locations in the north-western Irish Sea (40 samples in total). In addition, three redox profiles and one sediment sample for granulometric analysis were to be taken from each station. Water samples were required from station 38 for pico-plankton analyses. |
| Chief scientist | Robin Hensley (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | NW Irish Sea. |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of samples = 2 Description: CTD rosette deployed twice to gain samples from 20m depth. |
| Phytobenthos | Quantity: number of samples = 20 Description: Samples of macrofauna |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - rock | Quantity: number of samples = 20 Description: Box core smaples were ontained through out a day. |
