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pro vyhledávání: '"Lara Van Niekerk"'
Publikováno v:
South African Journal of Science, Vol 120, Iss 7/8 (2024)
Verlorenvlei is a globally important RAMSAR wetland on the arid west coast of South Africa. A prolonged drought between 2016 and 2021 and increasing competition for water from the agricultural sector resulted in extremely low water levels. We used hi
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https://doaj.org/article/1e41ebcbd7b74bbc809da64a73778b80
Autor:
Kerry J. Sink, Luther A. Adams, Mari-Lise Franken, Linda R. Harris, Jock Currie, Natasha Karenyi, Anisha Dayaram, Sean Porter, Stephen Kirkman, Maya Pfaff, Lara van Niekerk, Lara J. Atkinson, Anthony Bernard, Mariel Bessinger, Hayley Cawthra, Willem de Wet, Loyiso Dunga, Zoleka Filander, Andrew Green, David Herbert, Stephen Holness, Stephen Lamberth, Tamsyn Livingstone, Melanie Lück-Vogel, Fiona Mackay, Mapula Makwela, Ryan Palmer, Wilhem Van Zyl, Andrew Skowno
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol 11 (2023)
South Africa has taken an iterative approach to marine ecosystem mapping over 18 years that has provided a valuable foundation for ecosystem assessment, planning and decision-making, supporting improved ecosystem-based management and protection. Iter
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/b43358ae8fd7468e8ec5dccecdfbfff0
Publikováno v:
South African Journal of Science, Vol 119, Iss 3/4 (2023)
Rapid degradation of ecosystems and loss of ecosystem services have sparked interest in developing approaches to report and integrate such change with socio-economic information systems, such as the System of National Accounts. Here we describe an ap
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/3a4b77e174bb43569c6fa8a04ee0a230
Autor:
Kaylee P Smit, Lara Van Niekerk, Linda R. Harris, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, Lynne J. Shannon, Kerry J. Sink
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol 9 (2022)
Despite 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 progress
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/e1c47ec159b6454bb99ced54367c77c2
Autor:
Daniel A. Lemley, Stephen J. Lamberth, Warren Manuel, Monique Nunes, Gavin M. Rishworth, Lara van Niekerk, Janine B. Adams
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol 8 (2021)
Increased nutrient loading associated with rapid population growth is the leading cause of deteriorating water quality in urbanized estuaries globally. Small estuaries are particularly sensitive to changes when connection with the marine environment
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/c86b68dc98b440f79ada9b3fef4294fe
Autor:
Lara van Niekerk, Stephen J. Lamberth, Nicola C. James, Susan Taljaard, Janine B. Adams, Andre K. Theron, Marjolaine Krug
Publikováno v:
Diversity, Vol 14, Iss 9, p 697 (2022)
This 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 ecosystem
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/6aa018829b384b2dbc0b13b0907e8141
Publikováno v:
Diversity, Vol 13, Iss 12, p 680 (2021)
Restoration 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. This stud
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/bae4ef8e88894465a8776026af573890
Autor:
Maya Carina Pfaff, Renae C. Logston, Serge J. P. N. Raemaekers, Juliet C. Hermes, Laura K. Blamey, Hayley C. Cawthra, Darryl R. Colenbrander, Robert J. M. Crawford, Elizabeth Day, Nicole du Plessis, Simon H. Elwen, Sarah E. Fawcett, Mark R. Jury, Natasha Karenyi, Sven E. Kerwath, Alison A. Kock, Marjolaine Krug, Stephen J. Lamberth, Aaniyah Omardien, Grant C. Pitcher, Christo Rautenbach, Tamara B. Robinson, Mathieu Rouault, Peter G. Ryan, Frank A. Shillington, Merle Sowman, Conrad C. Sparks, Jane K. Turpie, Lara van Niekerk, Howard N. Waldron, Eleanor M. Yeld, Stephen P. Kirkman
Publikováno v:
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, Vol 7, Iss 1 (2019)
Over the past three decades, marine resource management has shifted conceptually from top-down sectoral approaches towards the more systems-oriented multi-stakeholder frameworks of integrated coastal management and ecosystem-based conservation. Howev
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/89906be78be1439c9f565df9f0a8d8eb
Publikováno v:
Water, Vol 13, Iss 5, p 595 (2021)
The science needed to inform management of environmental flows to temporarily closed estuaries and coastal lagoons is decades behind the state of knowledge for rivers and large embayments. These globally ubiquitous small systems, which are often seas
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/71cdb9576e6347618a69cf864f5b6932
Autor:
Janine Barbara Adams, Lara Van Niekerk
Publikováno v:
Water, Vol 12, Iss 7, p 1944 (2020)
Temporarily closed estuaries require seasonal opening to tidal flows to maintain normalecological processes. Each estuary has specific environmental flow (EFlow) requirements basedon the relationship between freshwater inflow, coastal dynamics, rate
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https://doaj.org/article/b3a17d0211f6452681a6247ec1673ae4