Geohydrological characteristics of Table Mountain Group aquifer-fed seeps and the plant ecophysiological consequences

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dc.contributor.advisorBond, William Jen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorFebruary, Edmund Cen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorMidgley, Jeremy Jen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAston, Timen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-13T14:14:04Z
dc.date.available2014-08-13T14:14:04Z
dc.date.issued2007en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 139-146).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractFynbos, the native vegetation of the Western Cape of Southern Africa experiences a mild, Mediterranean type climate with hot dry summers and cool wet winters. In terms of climate, fynbos is comparable with other Mediterranean systems found around the Mediterranean in Europe, in parts of Chile, south-western Australia and in the Chaparral in California (Aschmann, 1973). The Cape Floristic Region, of which fynbos is part, is one of the world's most botanically diverse regions, home to an estimated 9030 vascular species (Goldblatt, 1978; Goldblatt and Manning, 2002). The region has exceptionally high levels of endemism. Almost 69% of its 8920 species of flowering plants are endemic (Goldblatt and Manning, 2002), and, despite its small area, it is regarded as one of the six global plant kingdoms (Takhtajan, 1986). Ericaceae, Iridaceae, Proteaceae and the Restionaceae are well represented and there are a number of families that are endemic or nearly so (Goldblatt and Manning, 2002). The largest is the Penaeaceae, followed by Grubbiaceae, Roridulaceae and Geissolomataceae, which together contain 15 endemic genera (Goldblatt and Manning, 2002). These families are almost without exception evergreen sclerophyllous shrubs and are thought to be palaeoendemic remnants from an ancient temperate flora, when conditions were cooler and wetter (February et al., 2004). As a result, many of these species are restricted to wetter areas such as wetlands and mountain seeps (February et al., 2004). Many of these seeps, as well as other groundwater-fed ecosystems, are likely to be connected to the Table Mountain Group (TMG) aquifer from which the city of Cape Town may begin to abstract water.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationAston, T. (2007). <i>Geohydrological characteristics of Table Mountain Group aquifer-fed seeps and the plant ecophysiological consequences</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6223en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationAston, Tim. <i>"Geohydrological characteristics of Table Mountain Group aquifer-fed seeps and the plant ecophysiological consequences."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6223en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAston, T. 2007. Geohydrological characteristics of Table Mountain Group aquifer-fed seeps and the plant ecophysiological consequences. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Aston, Tim AB - Fynbos, the native vegetation of the Western Cape of Southern Africa experiences a mild, Mediterranean type climate with hot dry summers and cool wet winters. In terms of climate, fynbos is comparable with other Mediterranean systems found around the Mediterranean in Europe, in parts of Chile, south-western Australia and in the Chaparral in California (Aschmann, 1973). The Cape Floristic Region, of which fynbos is part, is one of the world's most botanically diverse regions, home to an estimated 9030 vascular species (Goldblatt, 1978; Goldblatt and Manning, 2002). The region has exceptionally high levels of endemism. Almost 69% of its 8920 species of flowering plants are endemic (Goldblatt and Manning, 2002), and, despite its small area, it is regarded as one of the six global plant kingdoms (Takhtajan, 1986). Ericaceae, Iridaceae, Proteaceae and the Restionaceae are well represented and there are a number of families that are endemic or nearly so (Goldblatt and Manning, 2002). The largest is the Penaeaceae, followed by Grubbiaceae, Roridulaceae and Geissolomataceae, which together contain 15 endemic genera (Goldblatt and Manning, 2002). These families are almost without exception evergreen sclerophyllous shrubs and are thought to be palaeoendemic remnants from an ancient temperate flora, when conditions were cooler and wetter (February et al., 2004). As a result, many of these species are restricted to wetter areas such as wetlands and mountain seeps (February et al., 2004). Many of these seeps, as well as other groundwater-fed ecosystems, are likely to be connected to the Table Mountain Group (TMG) aquifer from which the city of Cape Town may begin to abstract water. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - Geohydrological characteristics of Table Mountain Group aquifer-fed seeps and the plant ecophysiological consequences TI - Geohydrological characteristics of Table Mountain Group aquifer-fed seeps and the plant ecophysiological consequences UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6223 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/6223
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationAston T. Geohydrological characteristics of Table Mountain Group aquifer-fed seeps and the plant ecophysiological consequences. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 2007 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6223en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Biological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherBotanyen_ZA
dc.titleGeohydrological characteristics of Table Mountain Group aquifer-fed seeps and the plant ecophysiological consequencesen_ZA
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