RV Lough Foyle LF/44/2001
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/44/2001 |
| Cruise period | 2001-10-28 — 2001-11-01 |
| 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, 47 and across the frontal region of the Irish Sea. |
| Chief scientist | Brian Stewart (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.24 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Irish Sea |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: The deployment of the rosette water sampler and zooplankton net at stations F3, F5, F1, F4 and F2. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: The deployment of the rosette water sampler and zooplankton net at stations F3, F5, F1, F4 and F2. |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | 53° 46' 56" N 5° 38' 1" W — The mooring was recovered and serviced. The thermistor chain and water samplers were removed and the data was downloaded. The water sampler was then changed and the componentes reattached to the mooring which was then redeployed. |