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Raw SPAR data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on Algoa Voyage 239, May 2017

This is raw Surface Photosynthetically Active Radiation (SPAR) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) onboard the Algoa Voyage 239 (ALG239) from 22 to 29 May 2017. This programme is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional platform to undertake relevant science in the Southern Benguela; also functioning as a platform for collaboration and learning. All projects aim to develop an ecosystem indicator that can be used to effectively monitor and understand the Southern Benguela i.e physical, chemical, planktonic, microbial, seabird and benthic ecosystem indicators, used for ecosystem-based management.

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Raw SADCP data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on Algoa Voyage 239, May 2017

This is raw Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (SADCP) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) onboard the Algoa Voyage 239 (ALG239) from 22 to 29 May 2017. This programme is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional platform to undertake relevant science in the Southern Benguela; also functioning as a platform for collaboration and learning. All projects aim to develop an ecosystem indicator that can be used to effectively monitor and understand the Southern Benguela i.e physical, chemical, planktonic, microbial, seabird and benthic ecosystem indicators, used for ecosystem-based management.

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11712023
Processed CTD continuous observations from the Physical-Chemical Oceanography Cruise on the Africana Voyage 077, September 1989

Here we present processed downcast Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data collected between 11 September and 22 September 1989 during Voyage 077 on the FRS Africana, in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of Southern Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. There were several objectives for the Physical-Chemical Oceanography Cruise, covering Physical Environment (PE), Sedimentation and Nutrient cycling (SN), Chemical Environment (CE), Shoal Ecology (SE), Plankton studies (P) and testing of the new AIDA acoustic system with possible estimates of biomass in specific places such as in the baroclinic jets. The objectives included identifying and documenting near-surface and mid-water baroclinic jets west of Cape Columbine and Cape Town using acoustic doppler profiling and...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11692023
Processed CTD discrete observations from the West Coast Hake Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 075, July 1989

Here we present processed Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) discrete data from the upcast collected between 14 July and 17 August 1989 during Voyage 075 on the FRS Africana, in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of Southern Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. The objectives of the West Coast Hake Biomass Survey were to survey by means of trawling the abundance of adult and recruiting hake in South African waters; to investigate the diurnal cycle of hake and other demersal species; to investigate the environmental and ecological interrelationships of hake and demersal species; to make some experimental trawls in deep water to determine hake distribution limits and to collect deep-water specimens of fish and squid; to collect routine biological material on demersal species from South...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11682023
Processed CTD continuous observations from the West Coast Hake Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 075, July 1989

Here we present processed downcast Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data collected between 14 July and 17 August 1989 during Voyage 075 on the FRS Africana, in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of Southern Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. The objectives of the West Coast Hake Biomass Survey were to survey by means of trawling the abundance of adult and recruiting hake in South African waters; to investigate the diurnal cycle of hake and other demersal species; to investigate the environmental and ecological interrelationships of hake and demersal species; to make some experimental trawls in deep water to determine hake distribution limits and to collect deep-water specimens of fish and squid; to collect routine biological material on demersal species from South West...

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Preliminary processed CTD continuous observations from the Algoa Voyage 235, February 2017

SeaBird CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column. During some cruises additional instruments for oxygen, fluorescence, Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR), Surface PAR (SPAR), turbidity, beam attenuation, beam transmission measurements were connected to the CTD unit. Here we present preliminary processed downcast CTD continuous data collected between 18 February 2017 and 25 February 2017, during Voyage 235 on the Algoa, in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa. This data was collected as part of the Intergrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB), which has been conducting multi-disciplinary long-term monitoring along the Kleinsee, Namaqualand, Elands/St Helena Bay and Scarborough transects off the west coast of South Africa since 2013.

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11662023
Processed CTD discrete observations from the South West African Pilchard and Anchovy Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 074, June 1989

Here we present processed Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) discrete data from the upcast collected between 22 June and 04 July 1989 during Voyage 074 on the FRS Africana, in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of Southern Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. The objectives of the South West African Pilchard and Anchovy Biomass Survey were to undertake an acoustic / trawling survey of the pilchard stock off SWA and arrive at a stock estimate; to survey the horse-mackerel and anchovy stocks off South West Africa (SWA) and obtain stock estimates if possible and to collect the environmental information on the habitat of the above species primarily by means of CTD and U³ dips in the upper 200m.

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11652023
Processed CTD continuous observations from the South West African Pilchard and Anchovy Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 074, June 1989

Here we present processed downcast Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data collected, between 22 June and 04 July 1989, during Voyage 074 on the FRS Africana, in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of Southern Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. The objectives of the South West African Pilchard and Anchovy Biomass Survey were to undertake an acoustic / trawling survey of the pilchard stock off SWA and arrive at a stock estimate; to survey the horse-mackerel and anchovy stocks off South West Africa (SWA) and obtain stock estimates if possible and to collect the environmental information on the habitat of the above species primarily by means of CTD and U³ dips in the upper 200m.

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11622023
Processed CTD discrete observations from the Anchovy Recruitment Survey on the Africana Voyage 073, June 1989

Here we present processed Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) discrete data from the upcast collected between 08 and 22 June 1989 during Voyage 073 on the FRS Africana, in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. The objectives of the Anchovy Recruitment Survey were to assess anchovy recruitment strength in South African waters in order to recommend a final quota for the 1989 RSA anchovy fishing season; to collect data for the determination of the target strength of anchovy and other pelagic and mesopelagic species; to collect data on shoaling behaviour of pelagic fish, specifically anchovy, pilchard and red-eye; to investigate relationships between the distribution of pelagic fish, zooplankton and water temperature; to determine standing stocks...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11612023
Processed CTD continuous observations from the Anchovy Recruitment Survey on the Africana Voyage 073, June 1989

Here we present processed downcast Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data collected between 08 and 22 June 1989 during Voyage 073 on the FRS Africana, in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. The objectives of the Anchovy Recruitment Survey were to assess anchovy recruitment strength in South African waters in order to recommend a final quota for the 1989 RSA anchovy fishing season; to collect data for the determination of the target strength of anchovy and other pelagic and mesopelagic species; to collect data on shoaling behaviour of pelagic fish, specifically anchovy, pilchard and red-eye; to investigate relationships between the distribution of pelagic fish, zooplankton and water temperature; to determine standing stocks of...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11552023
Processed CTD continuous observations from the Physical-Chemical Oceanography Cruise on the Africana Voyage 070, March 1989

Here we present processed downcast Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data collected between 02 and 11 March 1989 during Voyage 070 on the FRS Africana, in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of Southern Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. The objectives of the Physical-Chemical Oceanography Cruise were to retrieve six acoustic current meters deployed in September 1988; to recover and redeploy the sequentially sampling sediment trap and the two Anderaa current meters incorporated on the array at a position 90 miles west of Walvis Bay; to repeat a line of CTD stations running at right angles to the shelf from the 4000m Cape Basin station towards Conception Bay; to take size-fractional chlorophyll samples at 3-hourly intervals to calibrate the in-line fluorometer in the hydro...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11532023
Processed CTD discrete observations from the West Coast Hake Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 069, January 1989

Here we present processed Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) discrete data from the upcast collected between 05 and 26 January 1989 during Voyage 069 on the FRS Africana, in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of Southern Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. The West Coast Hake Biomass Survey was multi-disciplinary. The main target was to determine, by means of the swept area method, the present status of the hake resource on the South African west coast. In carrying out this study, it was possible also to collect some information on the environment and zooplankton (including squid larvae) in the vicinity of the catches and to determine some ecological interrelationships of hake and other demersal fish species, to investigate squid distribution, to study some aspects of the biology and...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11522023
Processed CTD continuous observations from the West Coast Hake Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 069, January 1989

Here we present processed downcast Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data collected between 05 and 26 January 1989 during Voyage 069 on the FRS Africana, in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of Southern Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. The West Coast Hake Biomass Survey was multi-disciplinary. The main target was to determine, by means of the swept area method, the present status of the hake resource on the South African west coast. In carrying out this study, it was possible also to collect some information on the environment and zooplankton (including squid larvae) in the vicinity of the catches and to determine some ecological interrelationships of hake and other demersal fish species, to investigate squid distribution, to study some aspects of the biology and...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11502023
Processed CTD discrete observations from the Physical-Chemical Oceanography Cruise on the Africana Voyage 067, September 1988

Here we present processed Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) discrete data from the upcast collected between 14 and 30 September 1988 during Voyage 067 on the FRS Africana, in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of Southern Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. The Physical-Chemical Oceanography Cruise was divided into two legs with the first leg focusing on physical oceanography and the latter on chemical oceanography. The purpose of the first leg of the cruise was primarily to moor current meters and water-level recorders at various sites, mostly north of the Orange River, and to obtain a precise set of Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) data on a line running normal to the topography from a point in 4200m of water into Conception Bay. The CTD data will be used to calculate water...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11492023
Processed CTD continuous observations from the Physical-Chemical Oceanography Cruise on the Africana Voyage 067, September 1988

Here we present processed downcast Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data collected between 14 and 30 September 1988 during Voyage 067 on the FRS Africana, in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of Southern Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. The Physical-Chemical Oceanography Cruise was divided into two legs with the first leg focusing on physical oceanography and the latter on chemical oceanography. The purpose of the first leg of the cruise was primarily to moor current meters and water-level recorders at various sites, mostly north of the Orange River, and to obtain a precise set of Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) data on a line running normal to the topography from a point in 4200m of water into Conception Bay. The CTD data will be used to calculate water flux...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.05282023
Processed CTD continuous observations from the South Coast Hake Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 063, May 1988

Here we present processed downcast Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data collected between 10 May and 03 June 1988, during the South Coast Hake Biomass Cruise on the Africana Voyage 063, in the southern part of the Agulhas Current Large Marine Ecosystem (ACLME) on the south coast of South Africa and the southern part of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. The objective of the cruise was to survey by means of trawling the abundance of adult and recruiting hake, sole and other trawl target species; to investigate the environment and interrelationships of hake and other demersal species in various depth strata; to study demersal community relationships; to investigate the occurence, distribution and abundance of squid; to...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.05252023
Processed CTD discrete observations from the West Coast Hake Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 059, February 1988

Here we present processed Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) discrete data from the upcast collected between 02 February and 25 February 1988, during the West Coast Hake Biomass Cruise on the Africana Voyage 059, in the southern part of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. The main objective of the cruise was to survey by means of trawling the abundance of adult and recruiting hake in South African waters; to investigate the diurnal cycle of hake and other demersal species; to make some experimental trawls in deep water to collect deep-water specimens of fish and squid; to collect routine biological material on demersal species from South West African waters; to investigate the occurence, distribution and abundance of squid and squid larvae;...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.05242023
Processed CTD continuous observations from the West Coast Hake Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 059, February 1988

Here we present processed downcast Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data collected between 02 February and 25 February 1988, during the West Coast Hake Biomass Cruise on the Africana Voyage 059, in the southern part of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. The main objective of the cruise was to survey by means of trawling the abundance of adult and recruiting hake in South African waters; to investigate the diurnal cycle of hake and other demersal species; to make some experimental trawls in deep water to collect deep-water specimens of fish and squid; to collect routine biological material on demersal species from South West African waters; to investigate the occurence, distribution and abundance of squid and squid larvae; to...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.05202023
Processed CTD continuous observations from the Anchovy and Pilchard Spawning Stock Survey on the Africana Voyage 057, November 1987

Here we present processed downcast Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data collected between 05 November and 30 November 1987, during the Anchovy and Pilchard Spawning Stock Survey on the Africana Voyage 057, in the southern part of the Agulhas Current Large Marine Ecosystem (ACLME) on the south coast of South Africa and the southern part of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. The main objective of the cruise was to determine acoustically the biomass of the pilchard and anchovy spawning stocks between Hondeklip Bay and the eastern end of the Agulhas Bank. Additionally, the relationship between the distribution of pelagic fish, their eggs and the water temperature was investigated, and chemical samples were taken along lines of...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11592023
Processed CTD discrete observations from the South-east Atlantic Expedition on the Africana Voyage 071, April 1989

Here we present processed Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) discrete data from the upcast collected between 04 April and 02 May 1989 during Voyage 071 on the FRS Africana, in the South Atlantic Ocean and in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of Southern Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. The South-east Atlantic Expedition had as its main objectives the investigation of the distribution and abundance of phyllosoma larvae of Jasus in the Cape Basin, a comparative study of larval recruitment of Jasus tristani and Jasus lalandii, and the investigation of the circulation in, and ventilation of, the south western Cape Basin. The work was aimed at improving the understanding of the dynamics, in particular recruitment, of rock lobsters in the South-east Atlantic, and at furthering...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11582023
Processed CTD continuous observations from the South-east Atlantic Expedition on the Africana Voyage 071, April 1989

Here we present processed downcast Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data collected between 04 April and 02 May 1989 during Voyage 071 on the FRS Africana, South Atlantic Ocean and in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of Southern Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. The South-east Atlantic Expedition had as its main objectives the investigation of the distribution and abundance of phyllosoma larvae of Jasus in the Cape Basin, a comparative study of larval recruitment of Jasus tristani and Jasus lalandii, and the investigation of the circulation in, and ventilation of, the south western Cape Basin. The work was aimed at improving the understanding of the dynamics, in particular recruitment, of rock lobsters in the South-east Atlantic, and at furthering knowledge about some...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11562023
Processed CTD discrete observations from the Physical-Chemical Oceanography Cruise on the Africana Voyage 070, March 1989

Here we present processed Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) discrete data from the upcast collected between 02 and 11 March 1989 during Voyage 070 on the FRS Africana, in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of Southern Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. The objectives of the Physical-Chemical Oceanography Cruise were to retrieve six acoustic current meters deployed in September 1988; to recover and redeploy the sequentially sampling sediment trap and the two Anderaa current meters incorporated on the array at a position 90 miles west of Walvis Bay; to repeat a line of CTD stations running at right angles to the shelf from the 4000m Cape Basin station towards Conception Bay; to take size-fractional chlorophyll samples at 3-hourly intervals to calibrate the in-line fluorometer in the...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.05172023
Processed CTD discrete observations from the South Coast Hake Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 056, September 1987

Here we present processed Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) discrete data from the upcast collected between 08 September and 05 October 1987, during the South Coast Hake Biomass Cruise on the Africana Voyage 056, in the southern part of the Agulhas Current Large Marine Ecosystem (ACLME) on the south coast of South Africa and the southern part of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. The objectives of the cruise were to survey by means of trawling the abundance of adult and recruiting hake, sole and other trawl target species; to investigate the environment and ecological interrelationships of hake and other demersal species in the various depth strata; to investigate the occurence, distribution and abundance of squid and squid larvae; to...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.05152023
Processed CTD continuous observations from the South Coast Hake Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 056, September 1987

Here we present processed downcast Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data collected between 08 September and 05 October 1987, during the South Coast Hake Biomass Cruise on the Africana Voyage 056, in the southern part of the Agulhas Current Large Marine Ecosystem (ACLME) on the south coast of South Africa and the southern part of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. The objectives of the cruise were to survey by means of trawling the abundance of adult and recruiting hake, sole and other trawl target species; to investigate the environment and ecological interrelationships of hake and other demersal species in the various depth strata; to investigate the occurence, distribution and abundance of squid and squid larvae; to...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.05092023
Processed CTD discrete observations from the West Coast Hake Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 054, June 1987

Here we present processed Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) discrete data from the upcast collected between 16 June and 10 July 1987, during the West Coast Hake Biomass Cruise on the Africana Voyage 054, in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. The scientific targets of the trip revolved around the determination of biomass index of both Cape hake species off the South African west coast. The diurnal cycle of Cape hake and their relationship with environmental parameters was also studied. Some hake material were collected in South West African waters. Deep-water trawls were made to delimit the offshore extent of hake distribution and to collect rare specimens of fish for accession to museums. Demersal community interrelationships were...

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