Raw CTD data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on the Algoa Voyage 209, August 2014

This is raw Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela on the Algoa Voyage 209, 5 to 15 August, 2014. The Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional platform to undertake relevant science in the Southern Benguela; also functioning as a platform for collaboration and learning. All projects aim to develop an ecosystem indicator that can be used to effectively monitor and understand the Southern Benguela i.e physical, chemical, planktonic, microbial, seabird and benthic ecosystem indicators, used for ecosystem-based management. IEP:SB focuses on the biologically productive, cold waters of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem, which are inherently variable on short time-scales and responsive to changing weather patterms. The research aims to provide relevant, reliable and improved assessment of the ecosystem, in support of its effective management, preservation and conservation, so that South Africans can benefit from a healthy and well-functioning ocean environment. The overarching objective is to enhance understanding in process studies by assessing the importance, timing and magnitude of mechanisms and processes that influence the Southern Benguela ecosystem structure and functioning, including the climate variability.

此为来自综合生态系统计划：南方本格拉（Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela，简称IEP:SB）的原始电导率、温度、深度（Conductivity, Temperature, Depth，简称CTD）数据，该数据采集于2014年8月5日至15日的Algoa航行209次。综合生态系统计划：南方本格拉（IEP:SB）是一个多学科、多机构的合作平台，旨在进行与南方本格拉相关的科学研究；同时，它也是一个促进合作与学习的平台。所有项目均致力于开发一个生态系统指标，以有效监控和了解南方本格拉的物理、化学、浮游生物、微生物、海鸟和底栖生态系统指标，用于基于生态系统的管理。IEP:SB专注于生物生产性强的本格拉暖流大型海洋生态系统，该系统在短时间内具有固有变异性，并对天气模式的变化反应敏感。研究旨在提供有关生态系统的重要、可靠和改进的评估，以支持其有效管理、保护和可持续性，从而让南非人民能够从健康且功能良好的海洋环境中获益。总体目标是通过评估影响南方本格拉生态系统结构和功能机制及过程的重要性、时机和强度，以增强对过程研究的理解。