Title | Raw SADCP data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on the Algoa Voyage 209, August 2014 |
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Project | Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP: SB) |
Authors |
Mfundo Lombi Keshnee Pillay |
Publisher | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2017) |
Contributors |
Contact Person: Keshnee Pillay |
Abstract | This is raw Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (SADCP) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela on the Algoa Voyage 209, 5 to 15 August, 2014. The Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional platform to undertake relevant science in the Southern Benguela; also functioning as a platform for collaboration and learning. All projects aim to develop an ecosystem indicator that can be used to effectively monitor and understand the Southern Benguela i.e physical, chemical, planktonic, microbial, seabird and benthic ecosystem indicators, used for ecosystem-based management. IEP:SB focuses on the biologically productive, cold waters of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem, which are inherently variable on short time-scales and responsive to changing weather patterms. The research aims to provide relevant, reliable and improved assessment of the ecosystem, in support of its effective management, preservation and conservation, so that South Africans can benefit from a healthy and well-functioning ocean environment. The overarching objective is to enhance understanding in process studies by assessing the importance, timing and magnitude of mechanisms and processes that influence the Southern Benguela ecosystem structure and functioning, including the climate variability. |
Methods | Raw data in their original format, as received from the instrument and unprocessed. |
Data | |
Temporal extent | 05 Aug 2014 – 15 Aug 2014 |
Geographic extent |
Southern Benguela, West coast of South Africa, Kleinsee Monitoring Line, Namaqua Monitoring Line, St Helena Bay Monitoring Line, Scarborough Monitoring Line
North: -28.7535480371 |
Keywords | Algoa, Algoa 209, SADCP, Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN |
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