The holocene ostracods of the Agulhas Bank, South Africa : their classification, distribution and ecology

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dc.contributor.advisorDingle, Richarden_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorRogers, Johnen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorConway-Physick, Jessica Annen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-04T16:41:56Z
dc.date.available2016-03-04T16:41:56Z
dc.date.issued1995en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 69-77.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAn analysis of the Holocene ostracod fauna of the Agulhas Bank has been carried out on seventy-three surficial sediment samples. Sixty-six species of Ostracoda have been recorded, of which fifty-nine species are accounted for in forty genera and the remaining seven species are of indeterminate classification. The species are described and their distribution and ecology is given. An. analysis of the sedimentology, as well as an oceanographic analysis of the bottom water on the Agulhas Bank, has provided environmental parameters for each sediment sample location, enabling relationships to be described between ostracod faunas and environmental conditions. Quantitative factor analysis has been carried out on the twenty-four most abundant species, generating seven factor associations relating ostracod assemblages to a set of environmental parameters. The independent variables analyzed were the temperature, salinity and dissolved-oxygen content of the bottom water, as well as the sand content of the sediment. Contour maps of these variables have been drawn up using SADCO data for the oceanographic variables, and the sediment samples to calculate the sand content. The overall oceanography of the Agulhas Bank has been analyzed by relating the environmental parameters generated at each location to the water masses present on the shelf, and to the oceanic currents affecting them. Finally, the seven factor associations generated have been related directly to the substrate types, the water masses, and the currents present on the Agulhas Bank.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationConway-Physick, J. A. (1995). <i>The holocene ostracods of the Agulhas Bank, South Africa : their classification, distribution and ecology</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Geological Sciences. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17467en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationConway-Physick, Jessica Ann. <i>"The holocene ostracods of the Agulhas Bank, South Africa : their classification, distribution and ecology."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Geological Sciences, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17467en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationConway-Physick, J. 1995. The holocene ostracods of the Agulhas Bank, South Africa : their classification, distribution and ecology. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Conway-Physick, Jessica Ann AB - An analysis of the Holocene ostracod fauna of the Agulhas Bank has been carried out on seventy-three surficial sediment samples. Sixty-six species of Ostracoda have been recorded, of which fifty-nine species are accounted for in forty genera and the remaining seven species are of indeterminate classification. The species are described and their distribution and ecology is given. An. analysis of the sedimentology, as well as an oceanographic analysis of the bottom water on the Agulhas Bank, has provided environmental parameters for each sediment sample location, enabling relationships to be described between ostracod faunas and environmental conditions. Quantitative factor analysis has been carried out on the twenty-four most abundant species, generating seven factor associations relating ostracod assemblages to a set of environmental parameters. The independent variables analyzed were the temperature, salinity and dissolved-oxygen content of the bottom water, as well as the sand content of the sediment. Contour maps of these variables have been drawn up using SADCO data for the oceanographic variables, and the sediment samples to calculate the sand content. The overall oceanography of the Agulhas Bank has been analyzed by relating the environmental parameters generated at each location to the water masses present on the shelf, and to the oceanic currents affecting them. Finally, the seven factor associations generated have been related directly to the substrate types, the water masses, and the currents present on the Agulhas Bank. DA - 1995 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1995 T1 - The holocene ostracods of the Agulhas Bank, South Africa : their classification, distribution and ecology TI - The holocene ostracods of the Agulhas Bank, South Africa : their classification, distribution and ecology UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17467 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/17467
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationConway-Physick JA. The holocene ostracods of the Agulhas Bank, South Africa : their classification, distribution and ecology. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Geological Sciences, 1995 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17467en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Geological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherGeological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.subject.otherOstracoda, Fossilen_ZA
dc.subject.otherPaleoceanographyen_ZA
dc.titleThe holocene ostracods of the Agulhas Bank, South Africa : their classification, distribution and ecologyen_ZA
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