Browsing by Subject "Zooplankton"
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Diversity of zooplankton and aquatic macroinvertebrates in the Ntsikeni Nature Reserve
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)The Ntsikeni Nature Reserve is one of 23 wetlands in South Africa that is designated as a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance. The Ntsikeni wetland complex comprises an area of 1070 ha, located within a provincial ... -
Dormancy and dispersal as mediators of zooplankton population and community dynamics along a hydrological disturbance gradient in inland temporary pools
(Springer, 2017)At some stage in their life cycle, most zooplankton in temporary waters produce dormant eggs that assemble in a persistent egg bank to cope with unfavourable conditions. As part of a risk-spreading strategy, only a fraction ... -
Habitat uncertainty explains variation in offspring provisioning strategies in a temporary pond crustacean
(Springer, 2017)In temporally variable environments producing offspring with variable phenotypes can help parents to buffer against different future environmental conditions. Freshwater zooplankton can produce clutches with eggs of different ... -
Lateral hydrological connectivity differentially affects the community characteristics of multiple groups of aquatic invertebrates in tropical wetland pans in South Africa
(Wiley, 2019)River–floodplain connectivity (i.e. lateral hydrological connectivity, LHC) can directly affect the community characteristics by promoting dispersal of organisms but can also have profound indirect effects by altering local ... -
Metal composition of zooplankton from the Western Indian Ocean
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)The Indian Ocean is probably the least researched ocean of the world. It is the third largest ocean and has many unique topographic, geologic, oceanographic, biological, and socio-economic features. The current system is ... -
Response of zooplankton communities to altered water quality and seasonal flow changes in selected river dominated estuaries in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(Elsevier, 2019)Globally, estuaries are among the most productive ecosystems with many threatened by anthropogenic activities. Zooplankton is a bioindicator of ecosystem integrity. The spatial and temporal composition of zooplankton ... -
Understanding factors structuring zooplankton and macroinvertebrate assemblages in ephemeral pans
(Elsevier, 2017)Ephemeral aquatic ecosystems have a global distribution being most abundant in semi-arid and arid regions. Due to anthropogenic impacts threatening these environments, there is a need to understand various factors and ... -
Zooplankton and diatoms of temporary and permanent freshwater pans in the Mpumalanga Highveld region, South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)This paper provides a description of the zooplankton and epiphytic diatom communities of permanent and temporary freshwater pans in the Mpumalanga Highveld region of South Africa. Few studies have investigated the biota ...
