Name: Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on the Algoa Voyage 279, February 2022
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DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.21112022

Title	Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on the Algoa Voyage 279, February 2022
Authors	Keshnee Pillay Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DFFE), South Africa Marco Worship Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DFFE), South Africa
Publisher	Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2022)
Contributors	Contact Person: Keshnee Pillay Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), email: KePillay@environment.gov.za
Abstract	This Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) cruise was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 279 in February 2022. 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.
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Temporal extent	04 Feb 2022 – 12 Feb 2022
Geographic extent	North: -29.384 South: -34.56 West: 14.222 East: 18.31167
Keywords	Algoa, Algoa 279, sailing orders, SDG 14.1.1 (a) Index of coastal eutrophication; and (b) plastic debris density, SDG 14.3.1 Average marine acidity (pH) measured at agreed suite of representative sampling stations, SDG Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
Related resources	Digital objects included in this collection: Processed underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on the Algoa Voyage 279, February 2022 (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.01232023) Raw underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on the Algoa Voyage 279, February 2022 (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.01242023)

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