RV Lough Foyle LF/32/99
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/32/99 |
| Cruise period | 1999-08-09 — 1999-08-10 |
| 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 salinity, temperature and nutrient distributions throughout the depth profile at stations 38A and 47. 3. To service moored water samplers at station 38A. 4. To undertake a series of CTD profiles over tidal cycles at station 47 mooring site. 5. To recover moored instrumentation from station 47. |
| Chief scientist | Brian Stewart (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 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: Zooplankton net deployed and recovered |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | 56° 46' 53" N 5° 37' 59" W — Re-deployment of the instrumentation mooring after inspection for corrosion and service to the water samplers |
