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A CHARACTERIZATION OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN ESTUARINE SYSTEMS

A Review OF Factors Influencing Fish Utilization OF South African Estuaries

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A Stable Carbon Isotope Study of the Food-web in a Freshwater-deprived South African Estuary, with Particular Emphasis on the Ichthyofauna

scientific article published in 1997

A century of fish research in South African estuaries

scholarly article by A K Whitfield published 24 December 2010 in African Journal of Aquatic Science

A comparison of the ichthyofaunas in two permanently open eastern Cape estuaries

journal article; published in African Zoology in 1994

A global assessment of fish estuary associations: A numerical approach to assessing estuary‐associated fish functional guilds

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A global review of the cosmopolitan flathead mullet Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758 (Teleostei: Mugilidae), with emphasis on the biology, genetics, ecology and fisheries aspects of this apparent species complex

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A mass mortality of fishes caused by receding water levels in the vegetated littoral zone of the West Kleinemonde Estuary, South Africa

A method to assess the freshwater inflow requirements of estuaries and application to the Mtata estuary, South Africa

article by J. B. Adams et al published December 2002 in Estuaries and Coasts

A multidisciplinary study of a small, temporarily open/closed South African estuary, with particular emphasis on the influence of mouth state on the ecology of the system

scientific article published in 2008

A numerical assessment of research outputs on South African estuaries

A quantitative study of the trophic relationships within the fish community of the Mhlanga estuary, South Africa

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A review of the ecology and management of temporarily open/closed estuaries in South Africa, with particular emphasis on river flow and mouth state as primary drivers of these systems

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A review of the importance of freshwater inflow to the future conservation of Lake St Lucia

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A review of the influence of biogeography, riverine linkages, and marine connectivity on fish assemblages in evolving lagoons and lakes of coastal southern Africa.

scientific article published on 10 August 2017

A socio-ecological systems approach towards future research for the restoration, conservation and management of southern African estuaries

scientific article published on 23 April 2020

A weight-of-evidence approach to determine estuarine fish health using indicators from multiple levels of biological organization

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Abundance, recruitment and residency of two sparids in an intermittently open estuary in South Africa

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An Estuary Ecosystem Classification that encompasses biogeography and a high diversity of types in support of protection and management

scientific article published in 2020

An assessment of the size structure, distribution and behaviour of fish populations within a temporarily closed estuary using dual frequency identification sonar (DIDSON).

scientific article

An index for the management of South African estuaries for juvenile fish recruitment from the marine environment

scientific article published in 1999

Application of a multimetric fish index to assess the environmental condition of South African estuaries

article by Trevor D. Harrison & Alan K. Whitfield published December 2006 in Estuaries and Coasts

Are nest sites a limiting resource for speleophilic nesting fishes in sand dominated temporarily open/closed estuaries?

article by Ryan J Wasserman et al published 23 December 2016 in Environmental Biology of Fishes

Area-use patterns and diel movements of white steenbrasLithognathus lithognathusin a temporarily open/closed South African estuary, inferred from acoustic telemetry and long-term seine-netting data

scholarly article by RH Bennett et al published March 2012 in African Journal of Marine Science

Assessing phytoplankton composition and structure within micro-estuaries and micro-outlets: a community analysis approach

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Biogeography and Distribution of Mugilidae in the Western, Central and Southern Regions of Africa

scholarly article published 21 December 2015

Biology and Ecology of Fishes in Southern African Estuaries

Biology and ecology of fishes in Southern African estuaries ⬇️

Grahamstown, South Africa: J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 1998.

Biomass and productivity of fishes in estuaries: a South African case study.

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Carbon and nitrogen system dynamics in three small South African estuaries, with particular emphasis on the influence of seasons, river flow and mouth state

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Challenging paradigms in estuarine ecology and management

scientific article published in 2011

Choice chamber experiments to test the attraction of postflexion Rhabdosargus holubi larvae to water of estuarine and riverine origin

scientific article published in 2008

Coastal Lagoons – Critical Habitats of Environmental Change

scientific article published in 2011

Comparisons between the roles played by estuaries in the life cycles of fishes in temperate Western Australia and Southern Africa

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Composition, distribution and abundance of ichthyoplankton in the Sundays River Estuary

journal article; published in African Zoology in 1990

Composition, species richness and similarity of ichthyofaunas in eelgrassZostera capensisbeds of southern Africa

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Country-wide assessment of estuary health: An approach for integrating pressures and ecosystem response in a data limited environment

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DISTRIBUTION AND DIVERSITY OF MKUZE SWAMP FISHES DURING A SUMMER FLOOD

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DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF FISHES IN AN EASTERN CAPE ESTUARY AND RIVER WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE EBB AND FLOW REGION

Diel fish movements in the littoral zone of a temporarily closed South African estuary

scientific article published in 2011

Dietary tracers and stomach contents reveal pronounced alimentary flexibility in the freshwater mullet (Myxus capensis, Mugilidae) concomitant with ontogenetic shifts in habitat use and seasonal food availability

article published in 2017

Distribution of Fishes in the Mhlanga Estuary in Relation to Food Resources

journal article; published in African Zoology in 1980

Do Shallow-water Habitats Function as Refugia for Juvenile Fishes?

article by A.W. Paterson & A.K. Whitfield published September 2000 in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Does boat traffic cause displacement of fish in estuaries?

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Does estuarine health relate to catchment land-cover in the East Kleinemonde system, South Africa?

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Does water depth influence size composition of estuary-associated fish? Distributions revealed using mobile acoustic-camera transects along the channel of a small shallow estuary

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Ecoengineering with Ecohydrology: Successes and failures in estuarine restoration

scientific article published in 2016

Ecological Role of Mugilidae in the Coastal Zone

Ecomorphological analysis as a complementary tool to detect changes in fish communities following major perturbations in two South African estuarine systems

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Ecosystem and Biotic Classifications of Estuaries and Coasts

Eelgrass beds and bare substrata – sparid and mugilid composition in contrasting littoral estuarine habitats

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Effects of altered estuarine submerged macrophyte bed cover on the omnivorous Cape stumpnose Rhabdosargus holubi.

scientific article

Effects of climate change on South African estuaries and associated fish species

Estuaries – how challenging are these constantly changing aquatic environments for associated fish species?

scientific article published in 2021

Estuarine Typology and the Structuring of Fish Communities in South Africa

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Estuarine ecology

scholarly article

Estuarine fish and tetrapod evolution: insights from a Late Devonian (Famennian) Gondwanan estuarine lake and a southern African Holocene equivalent

scientific article published on 14 February 2020

FEEDING ECOLOGY OF PIS CIVOROUS BIRDS AT LAKE ST LUCIA, PART 2: WADING BIRDS

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FEEDING ECOLOGY OF PISCIVOROUS BIRDS AT LAKE ST LUCIA, PART 3: SWIMMING BIRDS

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FEEDING ECOLOGY OF PISCIVOROUS BIRDS AT LAKE ST LUCIA, Part 1: Diving Birds

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FEEDING SUCCESSION AND ZONATION OF AQUATIC BIRDS AT FALSE BAY, LAKE ST LUCIA

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Field observations on the lepidophagous teleost Terapon jarbua (Forsk»l)

Fish Biomass Estimates from the Littoral Zone of an Estuarine Coastal Lake

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Fish communities in temporarily open/closed estuaries from the warm- and cool-temperate regions of South Africa: A review

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Fish community response to increased river flow in the Kariega Estuary, a freshwater-deprived, permanently open southern African system

Fish community structure response to major habitat changes within the littoral zone of an estuarine coastal lake

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Fish larval composition, abundance and seasonality in a southern African estuarine lake

journal article; published in African Zoology in 1989

Fish population size estimates from a small intermittently open estuary in South Africa, based on mark-recapture techniques

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Fish species diversity in southern African estuarine systems: an evolutionary perspective

Fish species in estuaries - from partial association to complete dependency

scientific article published on 26 July 2020

Fish species redundancy in estuaries: A major conservation concern in temperate estuaries under global change pressures

scientific article published in 2020

Fish trophic structure in estuaries, with particular emphasis on estuarine typology and zoogeography

scientific article published on 15 October 2012

Fishes and freshwater in southern African estuaries – A review

Fishes and salinities in the St Lucia estuarine system—a review

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Food and feeding ecology of piscivorous fishes at Lake St Lucia, Zululand

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Foreword

Geographical and typological changes in fish guilds of South African estuaries

scientific article published in 2008

Gilchristella aestuaria(Pisces: Clupeidae) biomass and consumption of zooplankton in the Sundays Estuary

scientific article published in 1996

Grey mullet (Mugilidae) as possible indicators of global warming in South African estuaries and coastal waters.

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Habitat type and nursery function for coastal marine fish species, with emphasis on the Eastern Cape region, South Africa

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Human-mediated drivers of change — impacts on coastal ecosystems and marine biota of South Africa

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INFLUENCE OF FRESHWATER FLOW REGIME ON FISH ASSEMBLAGES IN THE GREAT FISH RIVER AND ESTUARY

Ichthyofaunal assemblages in estuaries: A South African case study

Ichthyoplankton in a southern african surf zone: Nursery area for the postlarvae of estuarine associated fish species?

scientific article published in 1989

Impacts of recreational motorboats on fishes: a review

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Indirect effects of bioturbation by the burrowing sandprawn Callichirus kraussi on a benthic foraging fish, Liza richardsonii

scientific article published in 2012

Influence of tides on assemblages and behaviour of fishes associated with shallow seagrass edges and bare sand

article by A Becker et al published 7 June 2012 in Marine Ecology Progress Series

Inlet mouth phase influences density, variability and standing stocks of plankton assemblages in temporarily open/closed estuaries

scientific article published in 2014

Langebaan – A new type of estuary?

Larval development of Gilchristella aestuaria (Gilchrist, 1914) (Pisces: Clupeidae) from southern Africa

journal article; published in African Zoology in 1993

Larval development of the Cape silverside, Atherina breviceps Cuv. & Val., 1835 (Teleostei, Atherinidae) from southern Africa

journal article; published in African Zoology in 1988

Life-history guilds of fishes associated with estuaries: opportunism versus dependency

scientific article published in 2023

Life-history styles of eight morphologically similar estuary-associated sparid species from southern Africa

scientific article published in 2023

Life-history styles of fishes in South African estuaries

Life-history styles of fishes in South African estuaries

Long-term stability of the fish assemblages in a warm-temperate South African estuary

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MASS MORTALITIES OF FISH IN SOUTH AFRICAN ESTUARIES

scholarly article published January 1995

Marine Connectivity and Fish Length Frequencies of Selected Species in Two Adjacent Temporarily Open/Closed Estuaries in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

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Micro-estuaries and micro-outlets as incipient estuarine systems - Does size and coastal connectivity count?

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Microphytobenthos diversity and community structure across different micro-estuaries and micro-outlets: Effects of environmental variables on community structure

scientific article published on 31 January 2020

Modes of ingress by larvae and juveniles of marine fishes into estuaries: From microtidal to macrotidal systems

scientific article published in 2023

Movement behaviour of alien largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides in the estuarine headwater region of the Kowie River, South Africa

scientific article published in 2015

Natural nutrient enrichment and algal responses in near pristine micro-estuaries and micro-outlets

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Paradigms in estuarine ecology – A review of the Remane diagram with a suggested revised model for estuaries

scientific article published in 2012

Possible impacts of non-native plant, pathogen, invertebrate and fish taxa on the indigenous ichthyofauna in South African estuaries: a preliminary review

Possible influences of a macroalgal bloom in eelgrass beds on fish assemblages in the lower Knysna Estuary, South Africa

Potential effects of artificial light associated with anthropogenic infrastructure on the abundance and foraging behaviour of estuary-associated fishes

article by Alistair Becker et al published 17 December 2012 in Journal of Applied Ecology

Predation by introduced largemouth bassMicropterus salmoideson indigenous marine fish in the lower Kowie River, South Africa

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Predation on Striped Mullet (Mugil cephalus) by Crocodylus niloticus at St. Lucia, South Africa

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Preliminary documentation and assessment of fish diversity in sub-Saharan African estuaries

scientific article published in 2005

Preliminary indications of climate-induced change in a warm-temperate South African estuarine fish community

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Recruitment, diversity and the influence of constrictions on the distribution of fishes in the Wilderness lakes system, South Africa

journal article; published in African Zoology in 1987

Relinkage of the Mfolozi River to the St. Lucia estuarine system – urgent imperative for the long-term management of a Ramsar and World Heritage Site

scholarly article by Alan K. Whitfield et al published 2 January 2013 in Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Resource segregation among iliophagous fish in Lake St. Lucia, Zululand

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Restoration of South African estuaries: successes, failures and the way forward

scientific article published in 2022

River flow and fish abundance in a South African estuary

scientific article (publication date: June 2003)

River flow, zooplankton and dominant zooplanktivorous fish dynamics in a warm-temperate South African estuary.

scientific article published on 26 April 2018

SHORT NOTES

Scale-eating habits of the marine teleost Terapon jarbua (Forskal)

scientific article published in 1978

Seasonality in Frequency of Marine Access to an Intermittently Open Estuary: Implications for Recruitment Strategies

scientific article published in 2001

Space use by Rhabdosargus holubi in a southern African estuary, with emphasis on fish movements and ecosystem connectivity

scientific article published in 2017

Stable isotope evidence of food web connectivity by a top predatory fish (Argyrosomus japonicus: Sciaenidae: Teleostei) in the Kowie Estuary, South Africa

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Systematics of the grey mullets (Teleostei: Mugiliformes: Mugilidae): molecular phylogenetic evidence challenges two centuries of morphology-based taxonomy

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THE BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY OF A SOUTHERN CAPE ESTUARY: STRUCTURE AND POSSIBLE FOOD SOURCES

THE FISHES ASSOCIATED WITH AN INTERTIDAL SALT MARSH CREEK IN THE KAREGA ESTUARY, SOUTH AFRICA

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Temperature and salinity as primary determinants influencing the biogeography of fishes in South African estuaries

scholarly article by T.D. Harrison & A.K. Whitfield published January 2006 in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

The Fish Community of the Swartvlei Estuary and the Influence of Food Availability on Resource Utilization

The Surf Zone Ichthyoplankton Adjacent to an Intermittently Open Estuary, with Evidence of Recruitment during Marine Overwash Events

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The biology of the burrowing goby Croilia mossambica Smith (Teleostei, Gobiidae)

The distribution of littoral fish associated with eelgrassZostera capensisbeds in the Kariega Estuary, a southern African system with a reversed salinity gradient

scientific article published in 1994

The distribution of the freshwater cichlid Sarotherodon mossambicus in estuarine systems

The ecology of fish in the surf zones of ocean beaches: A global review

The effects of prolonged aquatic macrophyte senescence on the biology of the dominant fish species in a southern African coastal lake

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The effects of temperature and salinity on Tilapia rendalli Boulenger 1896

scientific article published in 1976

The fishes associated with three intertidal salt marsh creeks in a temperate southern African estuary

scholarly article by Angus W. Paterson & Alan K. Whitfield published October 2003 in Wetlands Ecology and Management

The guild approach to categorizing estuarine fish assemblages: a global review

The ichthyofauna

The influence of open and closed mouth phases on the marine fish fauna of the Swartvlei estuary

journal article; published in African Zoology in 1986

The influence of selected environmental parameters on the distribution of the dominant demersal fishes in the Kariega Estuary channel, South Africa

journal article; published in African Zoology in 2006

The influence of selected environmental parameters on the distribution of the dominant demersal fishes in the Kariega Estuary channel, South Africa

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The influence of zooplankton food resources on the morphology of the estuarine clupeid Gilchristella aestuarius (Gilchrist, 1914)

The recovery and dynamics of submerged aquatic macrophyte vegetation in the Wilderness lakes, southern Cape

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The response of Grandidierella lignorum (Barnard) (Crustacea: Amphipoda) to episodic flooding in three eastern Cape estuaries

journal article; published in African Zoology in 1989

The role of estuarine type in characterizing early stage fish assemblages in warm temperate estuaries, South Africa

journal article; published in African Zoology in 2003

The role of macroalgae as nursery areas for fish species within coastal seascapes

scientific article published in 2022

The role of pioneers as indicators of biogeographic range expansion caused by global change in southern African coastal waters

scholarly article by Alan K. Whitfield et al published April 2016 in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

The role of seagrass meadows, mangrove forests, salt marshes and reed beds as nursery areas and food sources for fishes in estuaries

scholarly article by Alan K. Whitfield published 26 October 2016 in Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

The role of zooplankton in the feeding ecology of fish fry from some southern African estuaries

journal article; published in African Zoology in 1985

The status of fish conservation in South African estuaries.

scientific article

The ways in which fish use estuaries: a refinement and expansion of the guild approach

article published in 2013

Threatened fishes of the world: Clinus spatulatus Bennett, 1983 (Clinidae)

Threatened fishes of the world:Hippocampus capensis Boulenger,1900 (syngnathidae)

Tidal amplitude and fish abundance in the mouth region of a small estuary.

scientific article

Trophic Dynamics of the Cape Stumpnose (Rhabdosargus holubi, Sparidae) Across Three Adjacent Aquatic Habitats

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Use of remote underwater video to record littoral habitat use by fish within a temporarily closed South African estuary

scientific article published in 2010

What role do beds of submerged macrophytes play in structuring estuarine fish assemblages? Lessons from a warm-temperate South African estuary

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Why are there so few freshwater fish species in most estuaries?

scientific article published on 5 March 2015

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