Author:Veldkornet, DA; Adams, JB; Van Niekerk, LaraDate:Nov 2015This study investigated whether the current lateral boundary for estuaries in South Africa, i.e. the estuarine functional zone (EFZ), includes all estuarine habitats. The EFZ covers 173 930 ha in 304 estuaries/outlets nationally. Field surveys ...Read more
Author:Van Niekerk, Lara; Van der Merwe, JH; Huizinga, PDate:Jan 2005For the past 20 years management of the Bot/Kleinmond estuarine system in the south-western Cape has been based on the premise that, barring intervention, the estuary was naturally evolving into a freshwater coastal lake. This paper presents ...Read more
Author:Taljaard, Susan; Slinger, JH; Van Niekerk, LaraDate:Sep 2017Despite mounting evidence of the harm associated with excessive nutrient loading to estuaries, tools to translate this body of knowledge into sound environmental management and planning practices in datapoor environments are lacking. In this ...Read more