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Ecological impacts of invasive mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) colonising the canopy of kelp forests in False Bay, South Africa

Author: Lindberg, Colleen Date: 2018 Kelp forests are amongst the most productive, diverse and dynamic ecosystems on earth and kelp are ecosystem engineers, which provide a structurally-complex habitat for many marine plants and animals. The Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus ... Read more
Particle size and biotic composition on Western Cape shores, including first description of the unique fauna of pebble and cobble beaches

Author: Robbins, Amanda Date: 2021 Intertidal ecology research has focused primarily on sandy (grain size < 2mm), granule (2 –< 4mm), pebble (4 –< 64mm) or cobble (64 –< 256mm) shores, and only one on the biota of boulder (256+mm) shores. This study samples intermediate shore ... Read more
Residency, habitat use and sexual segregation of white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias in False Bay, South Africa

Author: Kock, Alison ; O'Riain, M Justin ; Mauff, Katya ; Meÿer, Michael ; Kotze, Deon ; Griffiths, Charles Date: 2013 White sharks ( Carcharodon carcharias ) are threatened apex predators and identification of their critical habitats and how these are used are essential to ensuring improved local and ultimately global white shark protection. In this study ... Read more c b
Testing the use of port biological baseline surveys to support relevant marine alien species management applications in Africa

Author: Awad, Alexander Adnan Date: 2018 The prevention of non-native marine species introductions is the first line of defense in the management of alien invasive species problems occurring on coastlines around the world. Ports and the shipping industry have been targeted as a ... Read more
The Burrowing Barnacles (Cirripedia, Acrothoracica) of South Africa

Author: Botha, Thomas Petrus Arnoldus Date: 2019 The Acrothoracica of South Africa are reviewed for the first time, 50 years after the last publication on this group appeared. A new host category for acrothoracicans is described in Chapter 1, as Weltneria spinosa was collected from coralline ... Read more
The effects of microplastic and natural particles on the invasive mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck, 1819) and the native Choromytilus meridionalis

Author: Germishuizen, Matthew Date: 2021 Mussels living in coastal environments are often exposed to natural inorganic particles and hence may be well adapted to dealing with high sediment loads. The mechanisms by which they deal with particle loads do, however, cause stress and ... Read more