RV Lough Foyle LF/08/2000 (1)
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/08/2000 (1) |
| Cruise period | 2000-02-18 — 2000-02-19 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To service the DARD offshore mooring.
2. To record a vertical profile of temperature and salinity at the mooring station and DARD inshore station. 3. To collect water samples for determination of chlorophyll and dissolved nutrients and ring net samples of zooplankton at the two DARD stations. |
| Chief scientist | Richard Gowen (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Western Irish Sea. |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of observations = 1 Description: A verticle profile of temperature and salinity was recorded. Water samples were collected for the determination of dissolved nutrients and phytoplankton chlorophyll. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of observations = 1 Description: A verticle profile of temperature and salinity was recorded. Water samples were collected for the determination of dissolved nutrients and phytoplankton chlorophyll. |
