https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Index en-us 5 Movement behaviour of alien largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides in the estuarine headwater region of the Kowie River, South Africa https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:74087 Wed 10 Jul 2024 12:53:59 SAST ]]> The last two remaining populations of the critically endangered estuarine pipefish are inbred and not genetically distinct https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:74347 Tue 16 Jul 2024 12:42:12 SAST ]]> Life-histories explain the conservation status of two estuary-associated pipefishes https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:74346 Tue 16 Jul 2024 12:31:28 SAST ]]> Fishes of Southern African estuaries: from species to systems https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:31512 Tue 01 Feb 2022 17:24:51 SAST ]]> A survey of selected Eastern Cape estuaries with particular reference to the ichthyofauna https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:15032 Thu 13 May 2021 14:51:16 SAST ]]> Fish community structure in three temporarily open/closed estuaries on the Natal coast https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:15026 Thu 13 May 2021 06:53:54 SAST ]]> Recruitment of juvenile marine fishes into permanently open and seasonally open estuarine systems on the southern coast of South Africa https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:15020 Thu 13 May 2021 02:00:41 SAST ]]> Birds as major predators of fishes in the East Kleinemonde Estuary https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:74104 Thu 11 Jul 2024 06:25:30 SAST ]]> A comparison of the ichthyofaunas in two permanently open eastern Cape estuaries https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:74618 Thu 01 Aug 2024 09:02:18 SAST ]]> Connectivity through allochthony: Reciprocal links between adjacent aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in South Africa https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:73454 Mon 17 Jun 2024 06:39:37 SAST ]]> Effects of altered estuarine submerged macrophyte bed cover on the omnivorous Cape stumpnose Rhabdosargus holubi https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:74259 Mon 15 Jul 2024 04:21:18 SAST ]]> Biological responses to a resumption in river flow in a freshwater-deprived, permanently open Southern African estuary https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:6886 Mon 08 Jul 2024 06:48:51 SAST ]]> Effect of water temperature on the biogeography of South African estuarine fishes associated with the subtropical/warm temperate subtraction zone https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:7133 Mon 08 Jul 2024 06:48:50 SAST ]]> The Benthic invertebrate community of a Southern Cape estuary : structure and possible food sources https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:7154 60 % of the invertebrate biomass at Zostera sites but <5 % at bare sand sites. Conversely the infaunal anomuran C. kraussi dominated the sandy sites (>80 %) and was a minor component (<5 %) at eelgrass sites. The supratidal invertebrate community was dominated by Orchestia spp. which live and feed on wrack detritus. Litterbag experiments revealed that degradation of Zostera leaf wrack was rapid during the first thirty days after deposition but slow between 40 and 140 days. Laboratory experiments indicated that Orchestia consumption of wrack material could not account for the rapid weight loss recorded in the natural environment. Preliminary diet analyses of intertidal and infratidal zoobenthos revealed that most invertebrate species feed on detritus and associated microorganisms. Filamentous algae and diatoms dominated the gut contents of only three out of 18 macrobenthic species, and living Zostera was not an important food item for any invertebrate examined.]]> Mon 08 Jul 2024 06:48:50 SAST ]]> A review of estuarine ichthyology in South Africa over the past 50 years https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:7155 Mon 08 Jul 2024 06:48:49 SAST ]]> The role of estuarine type in characterizing early stage fish assemblages in warm temperate estuaries, South Africa https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:74664 Fri 02 Aug 2024 11:51:40 SAST ]]> The influence of selected environmental parameters on the distribution of the dominant demersal fishes in the Kariega Estuary channel, South Africa https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:74659 Fri 02 Aug 2024 10:29:08 SAST ]]> Larval development of Gilchristella aestuaria (Gilchrist, 1914)(Pisces: Clupeidae) from southern Africa https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:74654 14% of BL in the juveniles. The pre-anal length decreases from about 87% of BL in the larvae to approximately 69% of BL in the juveniles. Head length increases from approximately 11 % of BL in the larvae to 24-29% of BL in the juveniles. The larval snout is initially 2% of BL, increasing to 7% of BL in the juvenile stages owing to the development of jaw elements.]]> Fri 02 Aug 2024 10:02:57 SAST ]]>