Name: Compilation of validated and processed data (deck, flow and count) from the St Helena Bay Monitoring Line (SHBML) on the Africana Voyage 181, August 2003
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DOI: 10.15493/dea.mims.26500012

Title	Compilation of validated and processed data (deck, flow and count) from the St Helena Bay Monitoring Line (SHBML) on the Africana Voyage 181, August 2003
Authors	Keshnee Pillay Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), South Africa Marco Worship Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), South Africa
Publisher	Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2023)
Contributors	Contact Person: Keshnee Pillay Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), South Africa, email: KePillay@environment.gov.za Project Leader: Keshnee Pillay Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), South Africa, email: KePillay@environment.gov.za Researcher: Keshnee Pillay Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), South Africa, email: KePillay@environment.gov.za Project Leader: Marco Worship Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF), South Africa Researcher: Marco Worship Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF), South Africa Researcher: Janine Van Der Poel Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF), South Africa Researcher: Susan Jones Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF), South Africa Researcher: Elana Wright Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF), South Africa Researcher: Sandra Setati Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF), South Africa Data Curator: MIMS Curation Marine Information Management System (MIMS), South Africa, email: data@ocean.gov.za
Abstract	Compilation of processed and validated data of mesozooplankton along the St Helena Bay Monitoring Line (SHBML) (now under the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB)) on the Africana, Voyage 181, from 12 to 13 August 2003. This includes the validated flow, processed counts and validated ship`s information. This is ready for analysis by a user. This is a long-term monitoring line conducted off the coast of Elands/St Helena Bay on the west coast of South Africa. SHBML started in 2000 as a BENEFIT-driven project on "shipboard monitoring" which linked with similar lines run in Namibia and Angola. The aims were to obtain seasonal and interannual information on the hydrology and productivity of the area. It was incorporated under the IEP:SB in 2013 consolidating a long-term, multi-decadal time-series (from 1951 onward) of information for this important region and has continued monitoring in the form of the IEP:SB. The programme is a multi-disciplinary, collaborative and capacity building platform undertaking relevant science, including updating technology, with the aim to develop ecosystem indicators that can be used to effectively monitor and understand the Southern Benguela. These include physical, chemical, planktonic, microbial, seabird, marine mammal, benthic and pollution (plastic) ecosystem indicators as required by ecosystem-based management regarding the following priorities: ocean warming, ocean acidification, trophic functioning, pollution and water quality. It is an on-going monitoring programme.
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Temporal extent	12 Aug 2003 – 13 Aug 2003
Geographic extent
Keywords	Africana, Africana 181, biological oceanography, Bongo nets, IEP:SB, integrated ecosystem programme, mesozooplankton, 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, SHBML, southern benguela, St Helena Bay Monitoring Line

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