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RV Lough Foyle LF/10/99
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
Cruise identifier | LF/10/99 |
Cruise period | 1999-03-07 — 1999-03-08 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To assess temperature, salinity and nutrient distributions over depth at stations 38a and 47.
2. To deploy an automated water sampler at the mooring station 38A. |
Chief scientist | Brian Stewart (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
Cruise report | ![]() |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
Specific | Western Irish Sea, Dundalk Bay. |
Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: Rosette water sampler and zooplankton net were deployed. The ship sailed to Dundalk Bay where they were then hauled. |
Moorings, landers, buoys | |
Physical oceanography | |
Water bottle stations | 53° 46' 39" N 5° 38' 12" W — McLane water sampler was prepared and deployed successfully. |