Name: Raw SDS data from the Transkei Shelf Oceanography Cruise on the Algoa 241, July 2017
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Title	Raw SDS data from the Transkei Shelf Oceanography Cruise on the Algoa 241, July 2017
Project	African Coelacanth Ecosystem Programme (ACEP)
Authors	Tarron Lamont Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Marine Scientist 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, 1 Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, tarron.lamont@gmail.com
Publisher	Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2022)
Contributors	Contact Person: Tarron Lamont Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Marine Scientist 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, 1 Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, tarron.lamont@gmail.com
Abstract	This is raw Scientific Data System (SDS) data from the Transkei Shelf Oceanography Cruise on the Algoa 241, 12 July to 11 August, 2017. The area covered includes the Transkei shelf and continental slope (20m to 1000m), of the Eastern Cape, between Cape St Francis and Port Shepstone in the South-West Indian Ocean.Our knowledge of the distribution of offshore benthic biodiversity on the Transkei shelf is very limited. The region between Algoa Bay and Port Edward is not only important for understanding the functioning of existing Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) such as Pondoland, Dwesa-Cwebe, and the Amathole, but is of particular relevance to the new Operation Phakisa proposed MPA network that will potentially include additional MPAs such as the Protea Banks, Amathole Expansion, and the proposed Addo MPA. In addition, further knowledge is needed to support decision-making about the offshore extent of the Dwesa-Cwebe MPA. The oceanography in the form of water column and energy characteristics, circulation regimes and biological production all play critical roles in determining biodiversity patterns, as does connectivity along this shelf. Using a similar approach, this project follows the successful African Coelacanth Ecosystem Programme (ACEP) II Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN) Bight project between 2010 and 2013 that investigated the ecosystem processes on the KZN Bight linking geological, biological and physical processes to understand ecosystem functioning.
Methods	Raw data in their original format, as received from the instrument and unprocessed.
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Temporal extent	12 Jul 2017 – 14 Aug 2017
Geographic extent	Transkei shelf North: -28.24 South: -39.53 West: 16.81 East: 32.69
Keywords	Algoa, Algoa 241, INDIAN OCEAN, Scientific Data System, SDS
Related resources	This digital object is part of Transkei Shelf Oceanography Cruise on the Algoa Voyage 241, July 2017 (10.15493/dea.mims.26052244)

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