Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on the Algoa Voyage 255, November 2018

This Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) cruise was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 255 in November 2018. 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：南方本格拉（IEP:SB）航次于2018年11月由阿尔戈阿航次255号执行。这是一项长期监测线路，位于南非西海岸的克莱因西、纳马夸兰的伊兰德/圣赫勒拿湾和斯卡伯勒。2013年的IEP:SB项目巩固了自1951年起对该重要区域的多十年长期时间序列信息，并持续以IEP:SB的形式进行监测。该项目是一个跨学科、协作和能力建设平台，承担相关科学任务，包括更新技术，旨在开发可用于有效监测和理解南方本格拉的生态系统指标。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，以满足基于生态系统的管理在以下优先事项方面的需求：海洋变暖、海洋酸化、营养功能、污染和水质量。该监测项目持续进行中。