RV Lough Foyle LF/32/96
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/32/96 |
| Cruise period | 1996-08-05 — 1996-08-14 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To investigate water column structure on the southern Malin shelf and the nature of the Irish salinity front to the NW of Ireland.
2. To investigate the distribution of phytoplankton and zooplankton over the southern Malin shelf and in the western Irish Sea. 3. To service the DANI mooring at station S45. 4. To collect water samples from stations S38, S45 and S50 for measurement of dissolved oxygen and particulate organic carbon in the summer stratified region of the western Irish Sea. |
| Chief scientist | Richard Gowen (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland), William Clarke (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.14 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 | NW Irish Sea, North Channel and Malin Shelf |
| Track charts | (0.01 MB) |
