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THE ZOOBENTHOS OF THE TOUW RIVER FLOODPLAIN
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: B.R. DAVIES --- Institute for Freshwater Studies, Republic of South AfricaAn eighteen month study (January 1979 - June 1980) of the sediment, emergent and submerged plant-associated benthic macro-invertebrates of the western sector of the Touw River Flood-plain is reported for four study sites: Wilderness Lagoon, the Touw River and East... -
Intra-regional translocations of epifaunal and infaunal species associated with cultured Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: TM Haupt --- Centre for Invasion Biology and Marine Biology Research Centre, South Africa CL Griffiths --- Centre for Invasion Biology and Marine Biology Research Centre, South Africa TB Robinson --- Centre for Invasion Biology and Marine Biology Research Centre, South AfricaFarmed oysters host a diverse community of epifaunal and infaunal fouling taxa, including alien species, and these are easily translocated in the course of commercial oyster trade. We document the diversity and densities of fouling taxa associated with farmed oysters... -
Colonisation of South African kelp-bed canopies by the alien mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis: extent and implications of a novel bioinvasion
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: C Lindberg --- , South Africa CL Griffiths --- , South Africa RJ Anderson --- , South AfricaThe Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis is the most significant invasive alien marine species in South Africa and, although not normally found subtidally, has recently been observed colonising heads and stipes of the kelp species Ecklonia maxima in False Bay. We...