Author:Nel, M; Adams, JB; Human, LRD; Nunes, M; Van Niekerk, Lara; Lemley, DADate:Dec 2023Context: Artificial breaching of intermittently closed estuaries has become more frequent in the face of global-change pressures. Aims: This study aimed to determine whether the ecological health of the Great Brak Estuary has been affected ...Read more
Author:Griffiths, M; Harrison, STL; Smit, Monique; Maharajh, Dheepak MDate:Mar 2016Macro- and microalgae are used in a variety of commercial products with many more in development. This chapter outlines the major products, species used, methods of production, extraction, and processing as well as market sizes and trends. ...Read more
Author:Adams, JB; Taljaard, Susan; Van Niekerk, Lara; Lemley, DADate:Feb 2020Nutrient pollution in South African estuaries is described using a Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response framework. The root cause (‘driver’) of deteriorating water quality is rapid population growth that leads to increasing inputs from ...Read more