Raw TSG data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on the Algoa Voyage 209, August 2014

This is raw Thermosalinograph (TSG) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela on the Algoa Voyage 209, 5 to 15 August, 2014. The Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional platform to undertake relevant science in the Southern Benguela; also functioning as a platform for collaboration and learning. All projects aim to develop an ecosystem indicator that can be used to effectively monitor and understand the Southern Benguela i.e physical, chemical, planktonic, microbial, seabird and benthic ecosystem indicators, used for ecosystem-based management. IEP:SB focuses on the biologically productive, cold waters of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem, which are inherently variable on short time-scales and responsive to changing weather patterms. The research aims to provide relevant, reliable and improved assessment of the ecosystem, in support of its effective management, preservation and conservation, so that South Africans can benefit from a healthy and well-functioning ocean environment. The overarching objective is to enhance understanding in process studies by assessing the importance, timing and magnitude of mechanisms and processes that influence the Southern Benguela ecosystem structure and functioning, including the climate variability.

此为南方本格拉综合生态系统计划（IEP:SB）在2014年8月5日至15日阿洛亚航行209次行动中收集的原始热盐计（TSG）数据。南方本格拉综合生态系统计划（IEP:SB）是一个跨学科、多机构的平台，旨在开展与南方本格拉相关的科学研究；同时，该平台亦发挥着协作与学习的功能。所有项目均旨在开发一种生态系统指标，以便有效监测和理解南方本格拉的物理、化学、浮游生物、微生物、海鸟和底栖生态系统指标，这些指标用于基于生态系统的管理。IEP:SB聚焦于生物生产力强的本格拉洋流大型海洋生态系统中的冷水区域，这些区域在短期内具有内在的变异性，并对天气模式的改变作出响应。研究旨在提供相关、可靠且改进的生态系统评估，以支持其有效管理、保护和维护，从而使南非人能够从健康且功能健全的海洋环境中获益。总体目标是通过对影响南方本格拉生态系统结构和功能机制及其重要性、发生时间和幅度进行评估，以深化对过程研究机制的理解。