African Coelacanth Ecosystem Programme (ACEP) (14)
Agulhas System Climate Array (ASCA) (4)
Anchovy Recruitment Survey (14)
Gough Island Relief (18)
Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP: SB) (133)
International Indian Ocean Expedition 2 (IIOE2) (11)
Marion Island Relief Voyage (38)
Port St Johns CTD and Bathymetry Survey (1)
South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE) (23)
South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (SAMOC-SA) (5)
South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) (17)
South Coast Demersal Biomass Survey (17)
South Coast Moorings and Monitoring Lines Cruise (16)
Southern Ocean Seasonal Cycle Experiment (SOSCEx) (9)
Walters Shoal (4)
West Coast Cetacean Distribution and Abundance Survey (16)
West Coast Physical Oceanography (5)
Winter Cruise (5)
ADCP (2)
AWS (6)
CO2 ANALYZERS (2)
CTD (207)
ECHO SOUNDERS (3)
NISKIN BOTTLES (36)
SADCP (43)
SDS (1)
THERMOSALINOGRAPH (97)
XBT (20)
Processed Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and Total Alkalinity (TA) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on Algoa Voyage 258, March 2019
This is processed Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and Total Alkalinity (TA) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme cruise in the Southern Benguela (IEP-SB). The cruise took place from 1 to 5 March 2019 aboard the RV Algoa. A total of 44 stations were occupied along three transect lines on the west coast of South Africa. Ten Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) stations were occupied along the Kleinsee Monitoring Line (KML) of Kleinsee, ten along the Namaqua Monitoring Line (NML) of...
Processed Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and Total Alkalinity (TA) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on the Algoa Voyage 223, February 2016
This is processed Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and Total Alkalinity (TA) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme cruise in the Southern Benguela (IEP-SB). The cruise took place from 9 to 14 February 2016 aboard the RV Algoa. A total of 33 stations were occupied along three transect lines on the west coast of South Africa. Ten Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) stations were occupied along the Kleinsee Monitoring Line (KML) of Kleinsee, ten along the Namaqua Monitoring Line (NML)...
Processed Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and Total Alkalinity (TA) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on the Algoa Voyage 228, May 2016
This is processed Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and Total Alkalinity (TA) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme cruise in the Southern Benguela (IEP-SB). The cruise took place from 20 to 26 May 2016 aboard the RV Algoa. A total of 35 stations were occupied along four transect lines on the west coast of South Africa and additional stations where a red tide was crossed. Nine Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) stations were occupied along the Kleinsee Monitoring Line (KML) of...
Processed Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and Total Alkalinity (TA) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on Algoa Voyage 248, May 2018
This is processed Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and Total Alkalinity (TA) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme cruise in the Southern Benguela (IEP-SB). The cruise took place from 15 to 21 May 2018 aboard the RV Algoa. A total of 44 stations were occupied along four transect lines on the west coast of South Africa. Ten Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) stations were occupied along the Kleinsee Monitoring Line (KML) of Kleinsee, ten along the Namaqua Monitoring Line (NML) of...
Processed Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and Total Alkalinity (TA) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on Algoa Voyage 229, August 2016
This is processed Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and Total Alkalinity (TA) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme cruise in the Southern Benguela (IEP-SB). The cruise took place from 24 to 29 August 2016 aboard the RV Algoa. A total of 36 stations were occupied along four transect lines on the west coast of South Africa. Ten Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) stations were occupied along the Kleinsee Monitoring Line (KML) of Kleinsee, ten along the Namaqua Monitoring Line (NML)...
Processed Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and Total Alkalinity (TA) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on Algoa Voyage 239, May 2017
This is processed Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and Total Alkalinity (TA) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme cruise in the Southern Benguela (IEP-SB). The cruise took place from 23 to 29 May 2017 aboard the RV Algoa. A total of 25 stations were occupied along four transect lines on the west coast of South Africa and additional stations where a red tide was crossed. Five Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) stations were occupied along the Kleinsee Monitoring Line (KML) of...
Processed Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and Total Alkalinity (TA) data from Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on the Algoa Voyage 242, August 2017
This is processed Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and Total Alkalinity (TA) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme cruise in the Southern Benguela (IEP-SB).The cruise took place from 24 to 30 August 2017 aboard the RV Algoa. A total of 29 stations were occupied along four transect lines on the west coast of South Africa and additional stations where a red tide was crossed. Seven Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) stations were occupied along the Kleinsee Monitoring Line (KML) of...
Processed Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and Total Alkalinity (TA) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on Algoa Voyage 252, August 2018
This is processed Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and Total Alkalinity (TA) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme cruise in the Southern Benguela (IEP-SB). The cruise took place from 21 to 25 August 2018 aboard the RV Algoa. A total of 32 stations were occupied along three transect lines on the west coast of South Africa. Ten Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) stations were occupied along the Kleinsee Monitoring Line (KML) of Kleinsee, ten along the Namaqua Monitoring Line (NML)...
Annual plankton report 2017 - 2018
Please note that the contact information included in the report is superseded by the contact information that can be found in the Responsible Parties field of this metadata. This report is a collation of documents and outputs from a variety of plankton monitoring activities conducted on the west, south and east coasts of South Africa and in various parts of the Southern Ocean (during annual relief voyages to South Africa’s Antarctic and sub-Antarctic research bases) over the past financial...
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
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...
Demersal South Coast Inshore Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 122, June 1994
The Demersal South Coast Inshore Biomass Survey was conducted on the Africana 122 from 6 June to 5 July 1994. The primary objective of this cruise was to conduct a stratified bottom trawl survey to assess the biomass, abundance and distribution of hake, sole, horse mackerel, squid and other trawl species on the Agulhas Bank.
Processed Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) casts from the Marion Island Relief Voyage on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 066, May 2025
Here we present 74 processed Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) casts collected along the Crossroads Transect, between 16 May 2025 and 18 May 2025, during the 2025 Marion Relief Voyage on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 066. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the time-mean and time-varying components of the SAMOC in the South Atlantic Ocean and monitor the variability of the main Southern Ocean...
Processed CTD continuous observations from the Horse Mackerel Hydroacoustic Survey on the Africana Voyage 107, October 1992
Here we present processed downcast Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data collected, between 07 October and 23 October 1992, during voyage 107 on the FRS Africana, in the Agulhas Current Large Marine Ecosystem (ACLME) on the south coast of Southern Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000.
Processed CTD continuous observations from the South Coast Demersal Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 093, June 1991
Here we present processed downcast Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data collected between 07 June and 05 July 1991, during voyage 093 on the Africana, in the Agulhas Current Large Marine Ecosystem (ACLME) region on the south coast of Southern Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000.
Marion Island Relief Voyage on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 066, April 2025
The 2025 Marion Relief Voyage 066 offered the 13th opportunity to conduct multi-disciplinary, ship-based oceanographic research on board the SA Agulhas II en route to, from, and around, the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands (PEIs). The ship-based research was conducted as a joint multi-institutional, multidisciplinary effort with scientists, research technicians, interns and students from the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment: Oceans & Coasts Research (DFFE-OCR),...
South Coast Demersal Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 111, April 1993
The South Coast Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 111 was conducted from 15 April 1993 to May 12 1993. The main objectives of the cruise were to conduct a stratified bottom trawl survey to assess the biomass, abundance and distribution of hake, sole, horse mackerel, squid and other trawl species on the Agulhas Bank; to investigate the hydrology and current profiles of the South Coast and to relate this to the distribution of the major demersal trawl species. This included five transects...
Processed CTD continuous observations from the Anchovy Recruitment Survey on the Africana Voyage 112, May 1993
Here we present processed downcast Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data collected, between 18 May and 05 June 1993, during the Anchovy Recruitment Survey on the Africana Voyage 112, in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosysten (BCLME) region on the west coast of Southern Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000.
Processed CTD discrete observations from the Anchovy Recruitment Survey on the Africana Voyage 112, May 1993
Here we present processed Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) discrete data from the upcast collected, between 18 May and 05 June 1993, during the Anchovy Recruitment Survey on the Africana Voyage 112, in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of Southern Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000.
Processed CTD discrete observations from the South Coast Demersal Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 111, April 1993
Here we present processed Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) discrete data from the upcast collected, between 15 April and 12 May 1993, during the South Coast Demersal Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage, 111 in the Agulhas Current Large Marine Ecosystem (ACLME) region on the south coast of Southern Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000.
Processed CTD continuous observations from the South Coast Demersal Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 111, April 1993
Here we present processed downcast Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data collected, between 15 April and 12 May 1993, during the South Coast Demersal Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 111, in the Agulhas Current Large Marine Ecosysten (ACLME) region on the south coast of Southern Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000.
Processed underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from Algoa Voyage 293, August 2023
Here we present the 6-second resolution processed Thermosalinograph (TSG) data collected, between 15 August and 22 August 2023, during voyage 293 on the RS Algoa. A SeaBird SBE45 Thermosalinograph (TSG) is used to opportunistically collect underway near-surface temperature and conductivity measurements during research and monitoring cruises. Water is continuously pumped to the TSG from an intake located in the hull of the vessel, and the observations are continuously interfaced with...
Processed underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from Algoa Voyage 221, November 2015 - December 2015
Here we present the 6-second resolution processed Thermosalinograph (TSG) data collected, between 30 November and 06 December 2015, during voyage 221 on the RS Algoa. A SeaBird SBE45 Thermosalinograph (TSG) is used to opportunistically collect underway near-surface temperature and conductivity measurements during research and monitoring cruises. Water is continuously pumped to the TSG from an intake located in the hull of the vessel, and the observations are continuously interfaced with...
Processed underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from Algoa Voyage 298, January 2024
Here we present the 6-second resolution processed Thermosalinograph (TSG) data collected, between 22 January and 26 January 2024, during voyage 298 on the RS Algoa. A SeaBird SBE45 Thermosalinograph (TSG) is used to opportunistically collect underway near-surface temperature and conductivity measurements during research and monitoring cruises. Water is continuously pumped to the TSG from an intake located in the hull of the vessel, and the observations are continuously interfaced with...
Processed Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) casts from the Marion Island Relief Voyage on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 062, May 2024
Here we present 59 processed Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) casts collected along the Crossroads Transect, between 13 May 2024 and 15 May 2024, during the during the 2024 Marion Relief Voyage on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 062. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the time-mean and time-varying components of the SAMOC in the South Atlantic Ocean and monitor the variability of the main...
Processed underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from SA Agulhas II Voyage 061, December 2023 - February 2024
Here we present the 6-second resolution processed Thermosalinograph (TSG) data collected, between 26 December 2023 and 20 February 2024, during voyage 061 on the SA Agulhas II. A SeaBird SBE45 Thermosalinograph (TSG) is used to opportunistically collect underway near-surface temperature and conductivity measurements during research and monitoring cruises. Water is continuously pumped to the TSG from an intake located in the hull of the vessel, and the observations are continuously interfaced...