Title | Raw CTD discrete observations from the West Coast Hake Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 015, January 1984 |
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Project | West Coast Hake Biomass |
Authors |
Gavin Tutt Tarron Lamont |
Publisher | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2022) |
Contributors |
Contact Person: Gavin Tutt Contact Person: Tarron Lamont |
Abstract | This is raw CTD discrete data from the West Coast Hake Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 015 from 05 - 31 January 1984. The cruise operated in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa. The purpose of this cruise was to survey by means of trawling the abundance of recruiting and adult hake between the Orange River and longitude 20° E. The objectives also included investigating the diurnal cycle of hake and other demersal species, to compare the trawling results of R.S. Africana with those of M.F.V. Chicha Touza, the Spanish trawler used for similar surveys, to investigate the environment of hake and other demersal species and to carry out acoustic target identification of mesopelagic species using RMT 8 nets. |
Methods | Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. Here we present raw CTD discrete data. |
Data | |
Temporal extent | 05 Jan 1984 – 31 Jan 1984 |
Geographic extent |
Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa
North: -28.0 |
Vertical extent |
Max: -581.2 m Min: -0.01 m |
Keywords | Africana, Africana 015, Conductivity, CTD, Depth, Neil Brown CTD, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, Temperature |
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