RV Lough Foyle LF/25/99
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/25/99 |
| Cruise period | 1999-06-21 — 1999-06-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To assess zooplankton populations at stations 38A and 47.
2. To assess temperature, salinity and nutrient distributions over depth at stations 38A and 47. 3. To assess the McLane water sampler as "buoy mounted" sub surface sampling device. |
| Chief scientist | Brian Stewart (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.14 MB) |
| 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: Deployment of the rosette water sampler, zooplankton net and sediment corer. Hauled later at Dundalk Bay. |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | 53° 47' 4" N 5° 38' 3" W — The guard buoy was recovered, inspected, servicedand redeployed. |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | 53° 46' 54" N 5° 38' 7" W — The instrument mooring was successfully recovered. It was inspected, parts fixed and replaced where necessary. A second nutrient water sampler was added. Data was downloaded and parts were reprogrammed. The mooring was then redeployed. |
