Name: Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on the Algoa Voyage 218, September 2015
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DOI: 10.15493/dea.mims.26052233

Title	Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on the Algoa Voyage 218, September 2015
Authors	Keshnee Pillay Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Marco Worship Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE)
Publisher	Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2017)
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 cruise was conducted in September 2015 (now under the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela). 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.
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Temporal extent	16 Sep 2015 – 28 Sep 2015
Geographic extent	North: -28.7535480371 South: -34.9911930887 West: 14.5463131624 East: 18.6441020704
Keywords	Agulhas Bank, algal blooms, Algoa, Algoa 218, cruise report, hydrology, low oxygen water, plankton, sailing orders, 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

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