RV Lough Foyle LF/27/98
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/27/98 |
| Cruise period | 1998-07-02 — 1998-07-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To determine rates of 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 dissovled inorganic nutrients. 4. To collect zooplankton samples from the two stations. |
| Chief scientist | Richard Gowen (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.06 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 proflie was recorded |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Bottom sediments were collected and used 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 collected and used to determine rates of sediment oxygen consumption, sulphate reduction and nutrient efflux. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Zooplankton samples were collected using a 0.6m 280µm mesh ring net. |
