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Population ecology of Psammobates oculifer in a semi-arid environment
(Taylor & Francis and UNISA Press, 2013)
We studied the ecology of Psammobates oculifer over 13 months near Kimberley, South Africa, to ascertain if the population’s life history traits conform to chelonian patterns in arid environments. Capture rates were highest ...
Evolutionary history of the Corallinales (Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta) inferred from nuclear, plastidial and mitochondrial genomes
(Elsevier, 2011)
Systematics of the red algal order Corallinales has a long and convoluted history. In the present study, molecular approaches were used to assess the phylogenetic relationships based on the analyses of two datasets: a large ...
Heydrichia cerasina sp. nov. (Sporolithales, Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta) from the southernmost tip of Africa. Phycologia, 51(1): 11- 21
(International Phycological Society, 2012)
A new species of Heydrichia (Sporolithales), H. cerasina sp. nov., is described, found only on pebbles in the low intertidal zone along a 10 km stretch of the South African south coast from Cape Agulhas to Struisbaai. The ...
Female preference for blue in Japan blue guppies (Poecilia reticulata)
(Springer Verlag, 2013)
Guppies (Poecilia reticulata) are widely used as a model species in mate choice studies. Although native to South America, guppies have been introduced to natural water bodies in disparate regions of the globe. Here, for ...
Implementing value chain analysis to investigate drivers and sustainability of Cape Town's informal economy of wild-harvested traditional medicine
(Routledge, 2015)
Despite a highly visible presence, policy-maker knowledge of the drivers and
participants in the informal economy of wild-harvested medicinal plants in Cape
Town remains limited. To illuminate the workings of this local ...
Self-maintaining or continuously refreshed? The genetic structure of Euphausia lucens populations in the Benguela upwelling ecosystem
(Oxford University Press, 2013)
Populations of Euphausia lucens over the shelf of the southern Benguela upwelling
region could be self-maintaining. Alternatively, they could be continually refreshed
by expatriates from the SWAtlantic that enter the ...
Climate change in coastal waters: Time series properties affecting trend estimation
(AMS, 2016)
In South Africa, 129 in situ temperature time series of up to 43 years are used for investigations of the
thermal characteristics of coastal seawater. They are collected with handheld thermometers or underwater
temperature ...
A rare new species of the genus Wiborgiella (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae)
(Elsevier, 2014)
The new species Wiborgiella argentea is described. It is closely similar to Wiborgiella leipoldtiana and W. fasciculata
but differs in its single-stemmed habit, densely sericeous leaves, wing petals that are longer than ...
Infaunal benthic communities from the inner shelf off southwestern Africa are characterised by generalist species
(Public Library Science, 2015)
Infaunal communities of benthic macro-organisms ( 1mm length) were studied from 81
samples collected across nine sites to the north and south of the Orange River in the Benguela upwelling ecosystem in 2003, with a view ...
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 ...