Title Raw SADCP data from the West Coast Cetacean Distribution and Abundance Survey on the Algoa Voyage 219, October 2015
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: 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

Abstract This is raw Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (SADCP) data from the West Coast Cetacean Distribution and Abundance Survey on the Algoa Voyage 219, 28 October to 06 November 2015. The cruise operated on the shelf and slope regions off the west coast of South Africa, between Dassen Island and Groenriviermond.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 "The ecology of Humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae in South Africa" and 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 28 Oct 2015 – 06 Nov 2015
Geographic extent

South East Atlantic, South African West Coast

North: -32.05
South: -33.58
West: 17.76
East: 18.32

Keywords Algoa, Algoa 219, 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 219, October 2015 (10.15493/dea.mims.26052234)