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A COMMENT ON THE STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE GENUS PARATYLODIPLAX SERENE (BRACHYURA: OCYPODIDAE) IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: R. K. Owen --- , , South AfricaThe ocypodid genus Paratylodiplax was described in 1974 and contains four species, three of which are endemic to southern Africa where they form an important component of the estuarine benthic fauna. However, very little is known about the biology and... -
Physical determinants of the distribution and abundance of the burrowing ocypodid crab Paratylodiplax blephariskios Stebbing in the St. Lucia and Mhlathuze estuaries, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: RK Owen AT Forbes DP Cyrus SE PiperThe burrowing ocypodid crab, Paratylodiplax blephariskios, is endemic to the southeast coast of southern Africa where it forms an important component of the estuarine benthic fauna in muddy substrata. Two estuaries in KwaZulu-Natal, namely St. Lucia and the Mhlathuze, were... -
Salinity tolerance of the burrowing ocypodid crab, Paratylodiplax blephariskios, in the St. Lucia and Mhlathuze estuaries, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: RK Owen --- Department of Zoology, South Africa AT Forbes --- , South AfricaThe ocypodid crab, Paratylodiplax blephariskios, is endemic to the southeast coast of southern Africa where it forms an important component of the estuarine benthic fauna in muddy substrata. The St. Lucia and Mhlathuze estuaries are two of the largest estuaries... -
Subsistence utilization of the crab Neosarmatium meinerti in the Kosi Lakes ecosystem, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Carsten Pedersen --- Andreas Bjorns gade 14, Denmark Bernadine I. Everett --- Oceanographic Research Institute, South Africa Peter J. Fielding --- FieldWork, South Africa Wendy D. Robertson --- Oceanographic Research Institute, South Africa Robert Kyle --- , South AfricaMembers of the rural communities living around the edges of the Kosi Lake system in northern KwaZulu Natal have been subsistence users of the resources of the lakes, estuary and surrounding swamp forest for many generations. Women and children dig... -
Latitudinal gradients and poleward expansion of mangrove ecosystems in South Africa: 50 years after Macnae’s first assessment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: N Peer --- DST/NRF Research Chair in Shallow-Water Ecosystems, South Africa A Rajkaran --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa NAF Miranda --- DST/NRF Research Chair in Shallow-Water Ecosystems, South Africa RH Taylor --- Department of Hydrology, South Africa B Newman --- CSIR Natural Resources and the Environment, South Africa F Porri --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa JL Raw --- Department of Botany, South Africa SP Mbense --- Department of Botany, South Africa JB Adams --- Department of Botany, South Africa R Perissinotto --- DST/NRF Research Chair in Shallow-Water Ecosystems, South AfricaMangroves occur in South African estuaries at their poleward distribution limits, extending into temperate habitats. In 1963, William Macnae published the first comprehensive assessment of mangrove swamps in South Africa and made firsthand observations of these mangrove ecosystems. This article...