Author:Kravitz, J; Matthews, M; Lain, L; Fawcett, S; Bernard, StewartDate:Mar 2021There is currently a scarcity of paired in-situ aquatic optical and biogeophysical data for productive inland waters, which critically hinders our capacity to develop and validate robust retrieval models for Earth Observation applications. ...Read more
Author:Moloto, Tebatso M; Thomalla, Sandy J; Smith, Marie E; Martin, B; Louw, DC; Koppelmann, RDate:Sep 2023Marine phytoplankton in the northern Benguela upwelling system (nBUS) serve as a food and energy source fuelling marine food webs at higher trophic levels and thereby support a lucrative fisheries industry that sustain local economies in ...Read more
Author:Smit, KP; Van Niekerk, Lara; Harris, LR; McQuatters-Gollop, A; Shannon, LJ; Sink, KJDate:Jun 2022Despite the increasing number of tools and indicators to measure biodiversity status and trends, many developing countries struggle to initiate and advance coastal and marine assessments needed to monitor and track national and international ...Read more
Author:Adams, J; Raw, J; Riddin, T; Wasserman, J; Van Niekerk, LaraDate:Dec 2021Restoration of salt marsh is urgent, as these ecosystems provide natural coastal protection from sea-level rise impacts, contribute towards climate change mitigation, and provide multiple ecosystem services including supporting livelihoods. ...Read more
Author:Schreiner, Gregory O; Snyman-van der Walt, Luanita; Lochner, Paul A; Taljaard, SusanDate:Jan 2024A Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) was undertaken for the Saldanha Bay region to estimate the proximity of natural capital features and ecosystem services to critical thresholds. The assumption being that, should such thresholds be ...Read more
Author:Taljaard, Susan; Weerts, Steven P; Arabi, Sumaiya; Newman, Brent; Bosire, JDate:Dec 2022Governments in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region, through a consultative process, have agreed on the need for a suite of national and regional actions to address major stresses on the marine environment. This is demonstrated in several ...Read more
Author:Slinger, J; Taljaard, SusanDate:Jan 2020Seven international case studies in coastal management are examined in this book. Each of the case studies dealt with an inlet or mouth management issue, but they were not selected based on similarity in their ecological (biophysical) or ...Read more
Author:Mtetandaba, A; Smith, Marie E; Van Niekerk, Lara; Sink, KDate:Oct 2022Freshwater flowing from rivers through estuaries into the marine realm maintains essential ecological processes that keep marine resources healthy by providing nutrients and sediments that form important habitats and underlie critical ecological ...Read more
Author:Van Niekerk, Lara; Lamberth, SJ; James, NC; Taljaard, Susan; Adams, JB; Theron, AK; Krug, MDate:Aug 2022This review evaluates the vulnerability of South African estuaries to Climate Change in a data-limited environment. The regional-scale assessment is based on physical characteristics and predicted/measured changes in the abiotic drivers and ...Read more
Author:Adams, Janine B; Taljaard, Susan; Van Niekerk, LaraDate:Jul 2023This review study investigated the response of low-inflow estuaries (LIEs) to dam releases as this type of estuary is particularly sensitive to freshwater inflow modification. LIEs occur in arid and semi-arid regions and are subject to periods ...Read more