Title | St Helena Bay Monitoring Line (SHBML) on the Algoa Voyage 193, January 2013 |
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Authors |
Keshnee Pillay Marco Worship |
Publisher | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2017) |
Contributors |
Contact Person: Keshnee Pillay Project Leader: Keshnee Pillay Project Leader: Marco Worship |
Abstract | The St Helena Bay Monitoring Line, which now falls under the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela, was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 193, 11 to 15 January 2013. The St Helena Bay Monitoring Line was initiated as a BENEFIT-driven project on "shipboard monitoring" which linked with similar lines run in Namibia and Angola. The aims are to obtain seasonal and interannual information on the hydrology and productivity of the area. Data on harmful algal blooms, low oxygen water and intrusions of Agulhas Bank water along the west coast will also be collected. A long-term, multi-decadel time-series (from 1951 onward) of information already exists for this important region and has continued in the form of the IEP:SB to detect long-term changes in the hydrology and the plankton, which are important for the detection of regime shifts. |
Data | |
Temporal extent | 11 Jan 2013 – 15 Jan 2013 |
Geographic extent |
North: -32.2197 |
Keywords | Agulhas Bank, algal blooms, Algoa, Algoa 193, cruise report, hydrology, low oxygen water, plankton, 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, West Coast Monitoring |