RV Lough Foyle LF/29/99
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/29/99 |
| Cruise period | 1999-07-19 — 1999-07-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To deploy an additional instrumented mooring close to coastal station 47.
2. To acquire CTD, light and fluorescence data for calibration of moored instrumentation. 3. To assess temperature, salinity and nutrient distributions over depth at stations 38A and 47. |
| 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. |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: activity duration in hours = 10 Description: CTD/light/fluorescence profiles were taken hourly for 10 hours. |
| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Quantity: activity duration in hours = 10 Description: CTD/light/fluorescence profiles were taken hourly for 10 hours. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: activity duration in hours = 10 Description: CTD/light/fluorescence profiles were taken hourly for 10 hours. |
| Zooplankton | Description: A rosette water sampler, sediment corer and zooplankton net were all deployed, then later hauled at cosatl mooring site 47A. |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | 53° 43' 30" N 6° 5' 7" W — CTD/ fluorimeter/ light sensor instrumentation package was deployed. |
| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | 53° 43' 30" N 6° 5' 7" W — CTD/ fluorimeter/ light sensor instrumentation package was deployed. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | 53° 43' 30" N 6° 5' 7" W — CTD/ fluorimeter/ light sensor instrumentation package was deployed. |
