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| Cooper, J.A.G.; Harrison, T.D.; Ramm, A.E.L.. |
| The South African 3 000 km coastline has approximately 370 outlets to the sea ranging from small coastal streams to large permanently open tidal estuaries. The current state of scientific information on the vast majority of these systems, however, is virtually nil. As part of a national program to assess the state of South Africa’s estuarine environment, basic surveys were conducted on these systems during the period 1992 to 1999. This included ichthyofauna (fish), water quality, and geomorphological and aesthetic observations. Some 67% of South Africa’s ‘estuaries’ have been surveyed to date. This baseline data has been analysed and synthesised to render it understandable to the non-specialist but at a sufficiently high level to inform potential end users... |
| Tipo: Working Paper |
Palavras-chave: Water quality; Geomorphology; Ichthyofauna; Estuaries. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/660 |
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