RV Lough Foyle LF/22/98
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/22/98 |
| Cruise period | 1998-05-27 — 1998-05-28 |
| 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 the Irish coastal waters. 3. To collect water samples for the determination of phytoplankton biomss 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 measurements = 1 Description: A CTD profile was recorded. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Bottom sediments were recovered and used in experiments to determine rates of sediment oxygen consumption, sulphate reduction and nutrient efflux. |
| Other chemical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Bottom sediments were recovered and used in experiments to determine rates of sediment oxygen consumption, sulphate reduction and nutrient efflux. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: A water sample was taken to get an estimate of chlorophyll. |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Zooplankton samples were recovered using a 0.6m 280µm mesh ring net. |
