RV Lough Foyle LF/14/99
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/14/99 |
| Cruise period | 1999-04-06 — 1999-04-08 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To deploy an additional automated water sampler and service existing moored instrumentation at station 38A.
2. To assess temperature, salinity and nutrient distribution over depth at stations 38A and 47. |
| Chief scientist | Brian Stewart (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.13 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Western Irish Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: Rosette water sampler, zooplankton net and corer were all deployed and hauls taken in Dundalk Bay. |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | 53° 47' 0" N 5° 37' 56" W — Guard buoy and anchor were recovered, serviced and redeployed. |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | 53° 46' 50" N 5° 38' 5" W — The instrument mooring was recovered and there was some severe damage to the casing, but was still functioning. The mooring minus the damaged sampler was redeployed. |
