Benthic invertebrate presence data, in and around the Cape Canyon (Southern Benguela Upwelling region)

Canyon research is still an emergent field in South Africa and the true potential of canyons as biodiversity hotspots has seldom been studied in an integrated context. In response to this, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment: Oceans and Coasts collected benthic data to better understand benthic species profiles within and around the Cape Canyon. This equated to 39 stations (whereby 13 were canyon and 26 non-canyon) and yielded 180 species.

峡谷研究在南非仍是一个新兴领域，峡谷作为生物多样性热点地区的真正潜力鲜有在综合背景下得到研究。为此，林业、渔业和环境部：海洋与海岸局收集了底栖数据，以更深入地了解开普峡谷及其周边区域的底栖物种轮廓。这相当于39个站位（其中13个为峡谷站位，26个为非峡谷站位），并记录了180种物种。