Historical reconstruction of guano production on the Namibian islands
| dc.contributor.author | Van Sittert, Lance | |
| dc.contributor.author | Crawford, Rob | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-06T09:00:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-02-06T09:00:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-01-13T10:39:05Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper presents data on guano production on the Namibian islands from 1843 to 1895, reconstructed from the nineteenth century customs records of the Cape Colony and United Kingdom. As the latter was the primary market for Namibian guano during this period, the data series can be considered to encompass the global production on the islands. Interpretation of the records as a proxy index for fish stock abundance is complicated by the interplay of cultural and environmental factors in influencing annual production. When compared with rainfall records from the Royal Observatory in Cape Town (1846- 1895), the guano data are suggestive of a relationship between guano production and environment, but firm conclusions must await better proxy records, perhaps based on fish scales in seafloor sediments off the Namibian coast. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Van Sittert, L., & Crawford, R. (2003). Historical reconstruction of guano production on the Namibian islands. <i>South African Journal of Science</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27320 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Van Sittert, Lance, and Rob Crawford "Historical reconstruction of guano production on the Namibian islands." <i>South African Journal of Science</i> (2003) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27320 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | van Sittert, L., & Crawford, R. (2003). Historical reconstruction of guano production on the Namibian islands 1843-1895. South African Journal Of Science, 99(1/2), 13. | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Van Sittert, Lance AU - Crawford, Rob AB - This paper presents data on guano production on the Namibian islands from 1843 to 1895, reconstructed from the nineteenth century customs records of the Cape Colony and United Kingdom. As the latter was the primary market for Namibian guano during this period, the data series can be considered to encompass the global production on the islands. Interpretation of the records as a proxy index for fish stock abundance is complicated by the interplay of cultural and environmental factors in influencing annual production. When compared with rainfall records from the Royal Observatory in Cape Town (1846- 1895), the guano data are suggestive of a relationship between guano production and environment, but firm conclusions must await better proxy records, perhaps based on fish scales in seafloor sediments off the Namibian coast. DA - 2003 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Science LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2003 T1 - Historical reconstruction of guano production on the Namibian islands TI - Historical reconstruction of guano production on the Namibian islands UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27320 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27320 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Van Sittert L, Crawford R. Historical reconstruction of guano production on the Namibian islands. South African Journal of Science. 2003; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27320. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Historical Studies | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | South African Journal of Science | |
| dc.source.uri | https://www.sajs.co.za/ | |
| dc.subject.other | Guano industry | |
| dc.title | Historical reconstruction of guano production on the Namibian islands | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image |