South Coast Moorings and Monitoring Lines Cruise on the RV Algoa Voyage 213, December 2014 ...
The South Coast Moorings and Monitoring Lines Cruise was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 213 on 1 to 19 December, 2014. Two data pods were released and recovered from (1) ADCP mooring and (2) CPIES deployed during the September 2013 Gough Cruise. Cape Recife ADCP current mooring was recovered. Four AD...
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Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
2017
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Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.15493/dea.mims.26052230 https://api.odp.saeon.ac.za/catalog/SAEON/go/10.15493/dea.mims.26052230 |
Summary: | The South Coast Moorings and Monitoring Lines Cruise was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 213 on 1 to 19 December, 2014. Two data pods were released and recovered from (1) ADCP mooring and (2) CPIES deployed during the September 2013 Gough Cruise. Cape Recife ADCP current mooring was recovered. Four ADCP current moorings were recovered and serviced in Algoa Bay. Port St. Johns ADCP current mooring was recovered. Port St. Johns CTD/bongo survey lines were completed. DIC and pCO2 sampling was conducted along CTD transects. SVP drifters deployed in the Agulhas Current core. ALEX real-time surface buoy and current meter mooring of Port Edward deployed.Between 1988 and 2011, environmental and plankton sampling was conducted every summer along the South Coast during the annual pelagic spawner biomass surveys. Data collected during these cruises has provided valuable insight into environmental change in this region. There has been significant decline in copepod biomass on both the western and central Agulhas Bank over ... |
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