Name: St Helena Bay Monitoring Line (SHBML) on the Algoa Voyage 186, September 2011
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DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.250121-14

Title	St Helena Bay Monitoring Line (SHBML) on the Algoa Voyage 186, September 2011
Authors	Keshnee Pillay Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), email: KePillay@dffe.gov.za Marco Worship Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE)
Publisher	Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2021)
Contributors	Contact Person: Keshnee Pillay Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), email: KePillay@dffe.gov.za Project Leader: Keshnee Pillay Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Project Leader: Marco Worship Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE)
Abstract	This St Helena Bay Monitoring Line (SHBML) cruise was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 186 in August 2011. This is a long-term monitoring line conducted off the coast of Elands/St Helena Bay on the west coast of South Africa. SHBML started in 2000 as a BENEFIT-driven project on "shipboard monitoring" which linked with similar lines run in Namibia and Angola. The aims were to obtain seasonal and interannual information on the hydrology and productivity of the area. It was incorporated under the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) in 2013 consolidating 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	29 Aug 2011 – 02 Sep 2011
Geographic extent	North: -32.697 South: -32.754 West: 16.489 East: 18.326
Keywords	Algoa, Algoa 186, IEP:SB, integrated ecosystem programme, 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, SHBML, southern benguela, St Helena Bay Monitoring Line

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