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Seasonal changes in nutrient content under three defoliation treatments in two coastal grassland communities of Transkei
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: C.M. Shackleton --- Department of Botany, Transkei M.T. Mentis --- Department of Botany, Republic of South AfricaChanges in nutrient concentrations were monitored over a two‐year period in two coastal grassland communities. Dry matter digestibility, crude protein, phosphorus, potassium, calcium and magnesium were determined from hand‐clipped samples of experimental treatments; namely, burning with and without subsequent grazing... -
Towards the declaration of a large marine protected area: a subtidal ichthyofaunal survey of the Pondoland coast in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: BQ Mann L Celliers ST Fennessy S Bailey AD WoodA subtidal marine ichthyofaunal survey was carried out on shallow reefs (1–30m deep) in the Pondoland region between the Mtamvuna River and Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The purpose of this survey was to provide the... -
Socio-economic aspects of boat-based ecotourism during the sardine run within the Pondoland Marine Protected Area, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: ML Dicken --- Department of Development Studies, School of Economics, Development and Tourism, South AfricaUnderstanding recreational aspects of the tourism industry developing around the KwaZulu-Natal sardine run is important for the protection and sustainability of the Pondoland Marine Protected Area (MPA), on the south-east coast of South Africa. Between June and July 2007, a... -
A benthic survey of the rocky reefs off Pondoland, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: L Celliers BQ Mann AHH Macdonald MH SchleyerA subtidal marine biodiversity survey was carried out on shallow reefs (−1m to −30m) in the proclaimed Pondoland Marine Protected Area between Port Edward and Port St Johns, South Africa. A total of 26 benthic reef transects was undertaken involving... -
Monica Wilson (1908–1982) and social change
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: David Brokensha --- Department of Social Anthropology,Monica Wilson's writings contain a wealth of material on social change, on how institutions and groups and values change. Based on extensive fieldwork among the Pondo of the Eastern Cape and the Nyakyusa of Tanzania, her ethnographies and many articles... -
Movement behaviour of catface rockcod Mycteroperca (Epinephelus) andersoni (Epinephelidae) off the eastern seaboard of southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: BQ Mann --- , South Africa R Daly --- , South Africa GL Jordaan --- , South Africa WN Dalton --- , South Africa ST Fennessy --- , South AfricaMovement behaviour of the endemic epinephelid Mycteroperca andersoni (formerly allocated to genus Epinephelus) along the east coast of southern Africa was investigated using both conventional dart tagging and passive acoustic telemetry. Results from both methods showed that this species is...