Author:Monteiro, Pedro MS; Marchand, MDate:Jul 2009Catchment2Coast was an interdisciplinary research and modelling project that aimed to improve understanding of the linkages between coastal ecosystems and the adjacent river catchments. The project involved nine partner organizations from ...Read more
Author:Archibald, S; Staver, C; Levin, SADate:Jan 2012Human ability to manipulate fire and the landscape has increased over evolutionary time, but the impact of this on fire regimes and consequences for biodiversity and biogeochemistry are hotly debated. Reconstructing historical changes in ...Read more
Author:Omarjee, Aadila; Taljaard, Susan; Weerts, Steven P; Adams, JBDate:Nov 2020Land-based nutrient enrichment of estuarine waters is emerging as a major factor influencing pH and has been referred to as “the other eutrophication problem”. Small temporarily closed estuaries with high residence times are likely to be ...Read more
Author:Taljaard, Susan; Lemley, DA; Van Niekerk, LaraDate:Aug 2022Situated at the land-sea interface, estuaries are susceptible to land- and sea-based sources of pollution. Despite growing scientific evidence of deterioration in water quality, quantitative methods to translate such information in support ...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