RV Lough Foyle LF/25/2000
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/25/2000 |
| Cruise period | 2000-06-18 — 2000-06-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To maintain a nutrient monitoring programme at station 38A.
2. To assess the basic nutritional quality of phytoplankton during the period of the spring bloom. 3. To assess temperature, salinity and nutrient distributions over depth at stations 38A and 47. |
| Chief scientist | Brian Stewart (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development 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 | |
| Sediment traps | Quantity: number of samples = 3 Description: Sediment samples were takenusing the Day grab. |
| Sediment traps | Quantity: number of samples = 3 Description: Sediment samples were collected at 3 sites en-route to Belfast. |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of deployments = 4 Description: A rosette water sampler and 3 zooplankton net hauls were deployed. They were then taken at Dundalk Bay. |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature measurements | 53° 46' 57" N 5° 37' 59" W — The mooring was recovered, inspected and serviced. The water samplers were removed, along with the thermistor chain. The information was removed from both, they were then reprogrammed and reattached. Due to bad weather couldn't be redeployed for several days. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Total - N | 53° 46' 57" N 5° 37' 59" W — The mooring was recovered, inspected and serviced. The water samplers were removed, along with the thermistor chain. The information was removed from both, they were then reprogrammed and reattached. Due to bad weather couldn't be redeployed for several days. |
