Name: Marion Island Relief Voyage on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 015, April 2015
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DOI: 10.15493/dea.mims.26052199

Title	Marion Island Relief Voyage on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 015, April 2015
Authors	Hans Verheye Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE)
Publisher	Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2022)
Contributors	Contact Person: Tarron Lamont Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), email: tarron.lamont@gmail.com Contact Person: Jenny Huggett Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), email: jhuggett@environment.gov.za
Abstract	The Marion Island Relief Voyage was conducted on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 015 from 9 April to 15 May, 2015. The 2015 Marion Relief Voyage on board South Africa’s polar research and supply vessel MV SA Agulhas II offered yet another opportunity to conduct multi-disciplinary ship-based oceanographic research focusing on links and interactions between air and sea, ocean physics, chemistry, biogeochemistry and biology, including microbial, planktic and benthic communities. The overall aim was to continue contributing to the establishment of an oceanographic observation and monitoring system directed by South African research institutions in support of South Africa’s needs – and where possible, the global requirements of the Global Oceans Observing System (GOOS), the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS), the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP), etc. With the declaration in April 2013 of the Prince Edward Islands (PEIs) as South Africa’s first offshore Marine Protected Area (MPA), the outcomes of this cruise will further contribute toward an integrated view and a better understanding of the functioning of the combined island/marine PEI ecosystem.
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Temporal extent	09 Apr 2015 – 15 May 2015
Geographic extent	North: -34.998 South: -47.5 West: 18.5 East: 38.15
Keywords	ADCP, cruise report, CTD, Marine Protected Area, Marion Island, Physical Oceanography, Prince Edward Islands Monitoring, SA Agulhas II, SA Agulhas II 015, sailing orders, SDG 14.2.1 Number of countries using ecosystem-based approaches to managing marine areas, SDG Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development, SDS, Southern Ocean, TSG, VBongo, XBT
Related resources	Digital objects included in this collection: Processed underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from SA Agulhas II Voyage 015, April 2015 - May 2015 (10.15493/dea.mims.20210411) Raw underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from SA Agulhas II Voyage 015, April 2015 - May 2015 (10.15493/dea.mims.20210412) Raw Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) casts collected during the 2015 Marion Relief Voyage on SA Agulhas Voyage 015 (10.15493/dea.mims.26052152) Processed Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) casts collected during the 2015 Marion Relief Voyage on SA Agulhas Voyage 015 (10.15493/dea.mims.26052153)

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