SDS data from the West Coast Cetacean Distribution and Abundance Survey on the Algoa Voyage 219, October 2015

This is Scientific Data System (SDS) data from the West Coast Cetacean Distribution and Abundance Survey on the Algoa Voyage 219, 28 October to 06 November 2015. The cruise operated on the shelf and slope regions off the west coast of South Africa, between Dassen Island and Groenriviermond.This cruise was undertaken for data collection as part of a collaborative project led by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) in collaboration with the Whale Unit, Mammal Research Institute of the University of Pretoria, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA), Aqualie Institute (Brazil) and Oregon State University (USA). The greater programme is titled "The ecology of Humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae in South Africa" and has two components, the east coast and west coast components. This cruise focused on the west coast humpback whales.

本数据集源自2015年10月28日至11月6日进行的阿尔戈阿航次219号西海岸鲸类分布与丰度调查的科学研究数据系统（SDS）数据。该航次在南非洲西海岸的陆架和斜坡区域进行，航线位于达森岛与格林里弗蒙德之间。此次航行旨在收集数据，作为由环境事务部（DEA）牵头，与比勒陀利亚大学哺乳动物研究所鲸类研究组、农业、林业和渔业部（DAFF）、美国国家海洋和大气管理局（NOAA）、巴西Aqualie研究所以及美国俄勒冈州立大学共同开展的合作项目的一部分。该更大规模的项目命名为“南非座头鲸Megaptera novaeangliae的生态学”，分为东海岸和西海岸两个部分。本次航行专注于南非西海岸的座头鲸。