RV Lough Foyle LF/44/97
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/44/97 |
| Cruise period | 1997-10-26 — 1997-10-29 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To recover, service and redeploy automated sampler mooring.
2. To undertake measurements of phytoplankton production at station 47 (Dundalk Bay), 38A (DANI mooring site) and LBP (Liverpool Bay). 3. To assess temperature, salinity and nutrient distributions at stations 47, 38A and LBP |
| Chief scientist | Brian Stewart (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Western Irish Sea and Liverpool Bay. |
| Track charts | (0.01 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Rosette water sampler deployed to gather numbers of phytoplankton production. |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Phytoplankton production experiment took place, with simular protocols to the previous sampling. |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Zooplankton net released into the water to follow the boat for 10 hours before 3 hauls took place. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of measurements = 1 Description: Sediment corer was used. |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | 53° 46' 53" N 5° 37' 58" W — Guard bouy recovered and was redeployed after servicing work. |
| Water bottle stations | 53° 47' 4" N 5° 37' 55" W — Mooring recovered, reconstructed and redeployed |
