Title Raw CTD continuous observations from the West Coast Hake Biomass on the Africana Voyage 022, July 1984
Project West Coast Hake Biomass
Authors

Tutt, Gavin
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE); role: Marine Scientific Technician;

Lamont, Tarron
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE); role: Marine Scientist;

Publisher Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2022)
Contributors

Contact Person: Tutt, Gavin
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE); role: Marine Scientific Technician; email: gtsglider@gmail.com

Contact Person: Lamont, Tarron
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE); role: Marine Scientist; email: tarron.lamont@gmail.com

Abstract This is raw Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data from the West Coast Hake Biomass cruise on the Africana Voyage 022 collected between 3 and 28 July 1984. The cruise operated in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa. The objectives of this cruise were to survey by means of trawling the abundance of adult and recruiting hake; to investigate the diurnal cycle and the environment of hake and other demersal species; to carry out acoustic target identification of mesopelagic species using RMT-8 nets and to study the community interactions of fish species in the area.
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 profile data.
Data
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 03 Jul 1984 – 28 Jul 1984
Geographic extent

Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa

North: -28.0
South: -36.0
West: 15.5
East: 20.0

Vertical extent Max: -582.2 m
Min: -0.8 m
Keywords Africana, Africana 022, Conductivity, CTD, Depth, EOV: Physics > Subsurface salinity, EOV: Physics > Subsurface temperature, Neil Brown CTD, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, Temperature
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