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Yeast supplementation alleviates the negative effects of greywater irrigation on lettuce and maize
(South African Water Research Commission, 2022)
Water scarcity has led to increased use of wastewater, particularly greywater, for crop irrigation. This study investigated whether the addition of yeast can alleviate the potential negative effects of greywater use on ...
Community and marine conservation in South Africa: Are we still missing the mark?
(Frontiers Media, 2022)
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in South Africa have a long history with currently 5%
of the mainland’s ocean territory protected. The MPAs are celebrated and appreciated
for their representative coverage of several habitat ...
Sampling bias in reptile occurrence data for the Kruger National Park
(AOSIS, 2020)
To effectively conserve and manage species, it is important to (1) understand how they are spatially distributed across the globe at both broad and fine spatial resolutions and (2) elucidate the determinants of these ...
Oligosaccharides production from coprophilous fungi: An emerging functional food with potential health-promoting properties
(Elsevier, 2022)
Functional foods are essential food products that possess health-promoting properties for the treatment of infectious diseases. In addition, they provide energy and nutrients, which are required for growth and survival. ...
Giants and titans: First records of the invasive acorn barnacles Megabalanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758) and Megabalanus coccopoma (Darwin, 1854) on intertidal rocky shores of South Africa
(Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC), 2022)
During intertidal rocky shore surveys on the east coast of South Africa in 2018, the
non-indigenous giant purple barnacle Megabalanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758),
a well-known fouling and globally-invasive species, ...
Factors that influence cape fur seal predation on Cape gannets at Lambert’s bay, South Africa
(PeerJ, 2022)
Seabird populations experience predation that can impact their breeding density and
breeding success. The Cape gannet Morus capensis is endemic to the Benguela upwelling
ecosystem and is classified as Endangered by the ...
Marine seismic surveys for hydrocarbon exploration: What’s at stake?
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2022)
With a coastline extending approximately 3900 km, South Africa exercises jurisdiction over a vast Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) that exceeds 1.5 million km2
.
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South Africa is located at an ecologically important ...
Pineapple stem-derived bromelain based priming improves pepper seed protein reserve mobilization, germination, emergence and plant growth
(Springer, 2021)
Pepper seeds are slow to germinate and emergence is often non-uniform and incomplete, reducing gains
from this cash crop. This study investigated the effects of
pineapple stem- derived protease (stem bromelain) based
priming ...
Intercolony variation in reproductive skipping in the African penguin
(Wiley Open Access, 2022)
In long-lived
species, reproductive skipping is a common strategy whereby sexually
mature animals skip a breeding season, potentially reducing population growth. This
may be an adaptive decision to protect survival, or ...
Predicting Shifts in the geographical distribution of two estuarine plant species from the subtropical and temperate regions of South Africa
(Springer, 2019-11-21)
Climate suitability maps are useful to determine changes in the distribution of species. The aim of this study was to predict the future distribution of two estuarine species (Bassia diffusa and Hibiscus tiliaceus) from ...