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RV Lough Foyle LF/36/2000
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
Cruise identifier | LF/36/2000 |
Cruise period | 2000-09-03 — 2000-09-04 |
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 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 | ![]() |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
Specific | Western Irish Sea and Dundalk Bay |
Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
Sediment traps | Quantity: number of samples = 5 Description: Samples using the rosette water sampler, sediment corer and 3 zooplankton net hauls were taken. |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 2 Description: At Dundalk Bay water samples were taken and zooplankton net haul. |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 5 Description: Samples using the rosette water sampler, sediment corer and 3 zooplankton net hauls were taken. |
Moorings, landers, buoys | |
Physical oceanography | |
Water bottle stations | 53° 46' 55" N 5° 38' 1" W — A mooring was recovered and serviced. The thermistor chain was removed and the data downloaded, a new water sampler was attatched and the mooring was then redeployed. |