RV Lough Foyle LF/17/98
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/17/98 |
| Cruise period | 1998-04-19 — 1998-04-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To determine oxygen consumption and denitrification at the sediment-water interface at the DANI mooring site in the central Irish Sea.
2. To collect data on water column structure at the DANI mooring site and standard station in Irish coastal waters. 3. To collect water samples for determination of phytoplankton biomass and dissolved inorganic nutrients. 4. To collect zooplankton samples from the two stations. |
| Chief scientist | Richard Gowen (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.05 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Western and central Irish Sea. |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of experiments = 1 Description: A CTD profile was recorded in order to help gain an estimation of phytoplankton biomass. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Bottom sediment samples were collected. |
| Other chemical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Bottom sediment samples were collected. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of experiments = 1 Description: A CTD profile was recorded in order to help gain an estimation of phytoplankton biomass. |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Zooplankton samples were collected using a 0.6m 280µm mesh ring net. |
