Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on the Algoa Voyage 282, May 2022

This Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) cruise was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 282 in May 2022. 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.

此综合生态系统计划：南本格拉（IEP:SB）巡航于2022年5月在阿尔戈阿航行282号上实施。该计划是一项长期监测航线，位于南非西海岸克赖恩斯、纳马夸兰、埃兰德/圣赫勒拿湾和斯卡巴罗沿岸。2013年的IEP:SB计划整合了该重要区域自1951年以来的长期、跨数十年时间序列信息，并持续以IEP:SB的形式进行监测。该计划是一个多学科、协作及能力建设平台，承担相关科学研究，包括更新技术，旨在开发可用于有效监测和理解南本格拉生态系统的生态系统指标。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、海底以及污染（塑料）生态系统指标，以满足基于生态系统的管理要求，针对以下优先事项：海洋变暖、海洋酸化、营养功能、污染与水质。该计划为持续进行的监测项目。