Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on the Algoa Voyage 272, May 2021

This Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) May 2021 cruise was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 272 in May 2021. 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.

本综合生态系统项目：南方贝努埃（IEP：SB）2021年5月巡航活动于2021年5月的阿尔戈阿航行272号进行。该项目是一项长期监测航线，位于南非西海岸的克赖恩斯、纳马夸兰、埃兰德/圣赫勒拿湾和斯卡伯勒沿海。2013年的IEP：SB项目对自1951年以来的长期、跨多世纪的该重要区域信息进行了整合，并持续以IEP：SB的形式进行监测。该计划是一个多学科、协作和能力建设平台，承担了相关的科学研究，包括更新技术，旨在开发可用于有效监测和理解的南方贝努埃生态系统指标。这些指标包括物理、化学、浮游生物、微生物、海鸟、海洋哺乳动物、底栖和污染（塑料）生态系统指标，这些指标是根据生态系统管理要求针对以下优先事项制定的：海洋变暖、海洋酸化、营养功能、污染和水质。该监测项目持续进行。