| Title | Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on the Algoa Voyage 255, November 2018 |
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| Authors |
Pillay, Keshnee Worship, Marco |
| Publisher | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2021) |
| Contributors |
Contact Person: Pillay, Keshnee Project Leader: Pillay, Keshnee Project Leader: Worship, Marco |
| Abstract | This Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) cruise was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 255 in November 2018. This is a long-term monitoring line conducted off the coast of Kleinsee, Namaqualand, Elands/St Helena Bay and Scarborough on the west coast of South Africa. The IEP:SB in 2013 consolidated a long-term, multi-decadal time-series (from 1951 onward) of information for this important region and has continued monitoring in the form of the IEP:SB. The programme is a multi-disciplinary, collaborative and capacity building platform undertaking relevant science, including updating technology, with the aim to develop ecosystem indicators that can be used to effectively monitor and understand the Southern Benguela. These include physical, chemical, planktonic, microbial, seabird, marine mammal, benthic and pollution (plastic) ecosystem indicators as required by ecosystem-based management regarding the following priorities: ocean warming, ocean acidification, trophic functioning, pollution and water quality. It is on-going monitoring programme. |
| Data | |
| Temporal extent | 20 Nov 2018 – 30 Nov 2018 |
| Geographic extent |
North: -29.384 |
| Keywords | Algoa , Algoa 255 , IEP:SB , integrated ecosystem programme , Kleinsee Monitoring Line , KML , Namaqua Monitoring Line , NML , Scarborough Monitoring Line , SHBML , SML , southern benguela , St Helena Bay Monitoring Line |
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