Cape Canyon Suspended Particulate Matter CTD water sample ...

Cape Canyon Suspended Particulate Matter CTD water sample ... : The Cape Canyon, situated on the western continental shelf of South Africa, stands as the country's largest bathymetric feature. Despite its prominence, understanding of the food web dynamics within the system and the significance...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zoleka Filander, Tarron Lamont
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment 2024
Subjects:
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m
Mean Sea Level
completed
license
biota
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
Stable isotope
Cape Canyon Exploration
canyon
oceanographic processes
suspended organic matter
WGS 84
textTable
South Atlantic Ocean
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.15493/dea.mims.12652023
https://api.odp.saeon.ac.za/catalog/MIMS/go/10.15493/DEA.MIMS.12652023
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Summary:Cape Canyon Suspended Particulate Matter CTD water sample ... : The Cape Canyon, situated on the western continental shelf of South Africa, stands as the country's largest bathymetric feature. Despite its prominence, understanding of the food web dynamics within the system and the significance of the benthic community for higher trophic levels remains incomplete. In response to this knowledge gap, the DFFE: Oceans and Coasts launched a multidisciplinary expedition aboard the RV Algoa. The expedition aimed to characterise the physical environment and investigate food web connections in the vicinity of the Cape Canyon by analysing isotopic signatures in suspended particulate matter (SPM) relative to those found in benthic tissue samples. Prior to dredge operations, conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) water samples were collected at each dredge station. However, due to the inherent challenges associated with sampling in canyon systems, not all dredge operations were successful in obtaining samples, resulting in an unbalanced design where the number of CTD stations ...

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