RV Lough Foyle LF/49/2001
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/49/2001 |
| Cruise period | 2001-12-05 — 2001-12-06 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To maintain a nutrient and remote 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 |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Western Irish Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Description: Water sampler and zooplankton nets were deployed of the Drogheda fore shore. |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | 53° 46' 55" N 5° 38' 3" W — A mooring was recovered and serviced. The thermistor chain was removed and the data downloaded. The water samplers were removed and replaced. The CTD and fluorometer were also removed to be reprogrammed. The mooring was then reassembled and redeployed. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | 53° 46' 55" N 5° 38' 3" W — A mooring was recovered and serviced. The thermistor chain was removed and the data downloaded. The water samplers were removed and replaced. The CTD and fluorometer were also removed to be reprogrammed. The mooring was then reassembled and redeployed. |
