Dataset extent

Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on the Algoa Voyage 255, November 2018

This Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) cruise was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 255 in November 2018. This is a long-term monitoring line conducted off the coast of Kleinsee, Namaqualand, Elands/St Helena Bay and Scarborough on the west coast of South Africa. The IEP:SB in 2013 consolidated a long-term, multi-decadal time-series (from 1951 onward) of information for this important region and has continued monitoring in the form of the IEP:SB. The programme is a multi-disciplinary, collaborative and capacity building platform undertaking relevant science, including updating technology, with the aim to develop ecosystem indicators that can be used to effectively monitor and understand the Southern Benguela. These include physical, chemical, planktonic, microbial, seabird, marine mammal, benthic and pollution (plastic) ecosystem indicators as required by ecosystem-based management regarding the following priorities: ocean warming, ocean acidification, trophic functioning, pollution and water quality. It is on-going monitoring programme.

Data and Resources

This dataset has no data

Additional Info

Field Value
Last Updated September 23, 2024, 08:35 (UTC)
Created May 17, 2024, 14:28 (UTC)
Language
affiliation Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), email: KePillay@dffe.gov.za
contributors Keshnee Pillay
downloadURL https://repository.ocean.gov.za/index.php/s/Wr5eksyQZJcAfwj
harvest_object_id 3abece6f-562e-4e42-86e8-87e004d9fcb6
harvest_source_id c880098e-385a-4d72-80f0-2f1d6603b53b
harvest_source_title MIMS
spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[14.222, -29.384], [18.31167, -29.384], [18.31167, -34.56], [14.222, -34.56], [14.222, -29.384]]]}
xmax 18.31167
xmin 14.222
ymax -34.56
ymin -29.384