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Is penguin circovirus circulating only in the antarctic circle? Lack of viral detection in namibia
(MDPI, 2023)
The known host range of circoviruses is continuously expanding because of more intensive diagnostic activities and advanced sequencing tools. Recently, a new circovirus (penguin
circovirus (PenCV)) was identified in the ...
2-phenoxyethanol as anaesthetic in removing and relocating 102 species of fishes representing 30 families from sea world to uShaka Marine World, South Africa
(AOSIS, 2008)
The South African Association for Marine Biological
Research, incorporating Sea World, Oceanographic
Research Institute and the Dolphinarium relocated
from their old premises of 46 years on Durban’s
beach front in March ...
Porolithon improcerum (porolithoideae, corallinaceae) and mesophyllum macroblastum (melobesioideae, hapalidiaceae): New records of crustose coralline red algae for the Southwest Atlantic Ocean
(Magnolia Press, 2014)
Here we describe in detail two crustose coralline red algal (CCA) species newly reported for the southern Atlantic:
Porolithon improcerum and Mesophyllum macroblastum. Porolithon improcerum was recorded on the remote ...
Development of a compendium of local, wild-harvested species used in the informal economy trade, Cape Town, South Africa
(Resilience Alliance, 2012)
Wild harvesting has taken place over millennia in Africa. However urbanization and cash economies have
effectively altered harvesting from being cultural, traditional, and subsistence activities that are part of a rural ...
Cross-shelf movement of chrysaora fulgida (scyphozoa; discomedusae) off namibia inferred from stable isotopes (δ15n and δ13c)
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2021)
Large and small specimens of two species of metagenic Scyphozoa (true jellyfishes) can be found in nearshore waters off central Namibia throughout the year. Whereas populations of Chrysaora ...
Renosterveld conservation in South Africa: A case study for handling uncertainty in knowledge-based neural networks for environmental management
(International Society for Environmental Information Sciences, 2009)
This work presents an artificial intelligence method for the development of decision support systems for environmental
management and demonstrates its strengths using an example from the domain of biodiversity and ...
Nitrogen fertilization increases the growth and nutritional quality of the forage legume, Calobota sericea – A preliminary investigation
(Elsevier, 2023)
Calobota sericea is being evaluated as a forage for drought stressed areas. The nutritional quality
of C. sericea from native populations are poor, and this is believed to be due to poor soil fertility.
Therefore, a ...
Understanding the creek dynamics and environmental characteristics that determine the distribution of mangrove and salt marsh communities at Nahoon Estuary
(Elsevier, 2016)
The southern distributional limit for mangroves on the east coast of Africa is thought to be at the planted
mangrove forest at Nahoon Estuary (33° S) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. This study investigated the influence
of ...
Implications of the breakdown in the indigenous knowledge system for rangeland management and policy: A case study from the Eastern Cape in South Africa
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)
Communal rangelands in South Africa are generally perceived as overgrazed owing to complexities in their histories and collective utilisation which often leads to improper management. A suitable ...
Initial evaluation of the care and rehabilitation success of Cape Cormorants Phalacrocorax capensis rescued from Robben and Jutten islands, South Africa, in January 2021
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)
The population of the endangered Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis more than halved over the last three decades (BirdLife International 2018a). In January 2021, nearly 2 000 Cape Cormorant chicks were ...