Title Raw SADCP data from the West Coast Cetacean Distribution and Abundance Survey on the Algoa Voyage 231, October 2016
Project West Coast Cetacean Distribution and Abundance Survey
Authors

Mduduzi Seakamela
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Marine Biologist 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, 1 Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, Smseakamela@environment.gov.za

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

Contact Person: Gavin Louw
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Scientific Research Technician 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, 1 Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, GLouw@environment.gov.za

Abstract Raw Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (SADCP) data for the 2016 West Coast Cetacean Cruise. The survey operated on the shelf and slope regions off the west coast of South Africa, between Area 1 (Dassen Island, 18.23669, -33.457 and Groenriviermond, 17.52061, -30.8277) and Area 2 (North-East Robben Island and Cape Point). This cruise was undertaken for data collection as part of a collaborative project led by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) in collaboration with the Whale Unit, Mammal Research Institute of the University of Pretoria, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA), Aqualie Institute (Brazil) and Oregon State University (USA). The greater programme is titled "Large whale research: genetic relatedness, stock identification, abundance, feeding and migratory behavious". The large whale research programme has two components, the east coast and west coast components. This cruise focused on the west coast humpback whales.
Methods Raw data in their original format, as received from the instrument and unprocessed.
Data
Embargoed
Temporal extent 31 Oct 2016 – 09 Nov 2016
Geographic extent

South East Atlantic, South African West Coast

North: -30.5498
South: -33.6441
West: 17.0
East: 18.365

Keywords Algoa, Algoa 231, SADCP, Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
Related resources
  • This digital object is part of West Coast Cetacean Distribution and Abundance Survey on the Algoa Voyage 231, October 2016 (10.15493/dea.mims.26052240)