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Are there long-term temporal trends of size composition and the length– weight relationship? Results for chokka squid Loligo reynaudii during the peak spawning season off the south coast of South Africa 尺寸组成和长重关系是否存在长期的时间趋势？在南非南部海岸的产卵高峰期，chokka鱿鱼Loligo reynaudi的结果

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African Journal of Marine Science Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2021.1916591

M. Lipiński, MA Mmethi, D. Yemane, J. Githaiga-Mwicigi, W. Sauer

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The influence of estuary eutrophication on the benthic diatom community: a molecular approach 河口富营养化对底栖硅藻群落的影响：分子方法

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African Journal of Marine Science Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2021.1897039

M. Nunes, D. Lemley, G. Matcher, J. Adams

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引用次数: 3

When cooling is worse than warming: investigations into the thermal tolerance of an endemic reef fish, Boopsoidea inornata 当冷却比变暖更糟糕时:对一种地方性珊瑚鱼的耐热性的调查

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African Journal of Marine Science Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2021.1922501

C. Allison, C. Muller, A. Childs, W. Froneman, L. Bailey, W. Potts

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Movement patterns and growth rate of the whitespotted wedgefish Rhynchobatus djiddensis in southern Africa based on tag-recapture data 基于标签重捕数据的非洲南部白斑楔鱼运动模式和生长率

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African Journal of Marine Science Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2021.1906318

G. Jordaan, B. Mann, R. Daly, S. Dunlop, P. Cowley

{"title":"Movement patterns and growth rate of the whitespotted wedgefish Rhynchobatus djiddensis in southern Africa based on tag-recapture data","authors":"G. Jordaan, B. Mann, R. Daly, S. Dunlop, P. Cowley","doi":"10.2989/1814232X.2021.1906318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2021.1906318","url":null,"abstract":"Information on the movement ecology of endangered species is critical for the implementation of effective conservation measures. This study made use of a long-term dart tagging dataset to reveal the movement patterns and growth rates of two size classes of the Critically Endangered whitespotted wedgefish Rhynchobatus djiddensis within its southern African distribution, which can have important implications for fisheries management. A total of 4 768 individuals were tagged with 340 recaptures recorded, ranging from 1 to 2 639 days (7.2 years) at liberty. Most of the tag releases and recaptures occurred within the KwaZulu-Natal central region in South Africa, with catches increasing significantly during summer (October to March). Most recaptures (43%) were recorded within 5 km of the tagging (release) site. Tagged adults recorded significantly greater distances moved than juveniles (p < 0.002) but there was no significant difference between juveniles or adults in terms of their direction of movement (p > 0.30). A Francis growth model showed that smaller individuals had a substantially faster growth rate (198.69 [SE 21.75] mm year−1) compared with larger individuals (57.41 [SE 27.83] mm year−1) confirming that the species is relatively slow-growing. Ultimately, this study identified important knowledge gaps in the broadscale movement patterns of R. djiddensis and provided new information on the growth rate of this Critically Endangered species. Filling in these knowledge gaps will aid in conservation measures for two important size classes of the R. djiddensis population as the species faces increasing targeted fishing pressure.","PeriodicalId":7719,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Marine Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43349218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Comparison of the particle size distributions of sediment collected from sandy seafloor using a Van Veen grab and cone dredge 用范维恩抓斗和锥形挖泥船从沙质海底收集的沉积物的粒度分布比较

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African Journal of Marine Science Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2021.1902855

G. van der Heever, L. Atkinson, Ceo von der Meden

{"title":"Comparison of the particle size distributions of sediment collected from sandy seafloor using a Van Veen grab and cone dredge","authors":"G. van der Heever, L. Atkinson, Ceo von der Meden","doi":"10.2989/1814232X.2021.1902855","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2021.1902855","url":null,"abstract":"Sediment particle size is an important environmental parameter that influences benthic species composition and is frequently used in habitat and ecosystem classification systems. In South Africa, benthic grabs are regularly used to collect seafloor sediment samples for particle size analysis. However, grab sample failures are a common, time-consuming and costly exercise, particularly in deep-sea work. This study compares replicate sediment samples collected using a custom-designed cone dredge and a conventional Van Veen grab, deployed at nine stations, ranging from 355 to 508 m in depth, in the Southern Benguela Sandy Shelf Edge ecosystem off the west coast of South Africa. No significant differences were detected between sediment properties of the samples collected by the different devices (all grain size categories [particles <3.9 to >2 000 μm]: D = 0.101, p = 0.693; fine grain size categories [particles ≤63 μm]: D = 0.177, p = 0.480). This finding suggests that, despite its different mode of operation, the cone dredge collected an appropriate sediment sample for a particle size analysis of this ecosystem, and thus the device might be usefully applied in other areas of a similar nature. The cone dredge can be considered a cost-effective and efficient alternative for sampling seafloor sediment at depth. However, further comparative analyses are required for different substrates and ecosystem types.","PeriodicalId":7719,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Marine Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49134289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Evaluating Kenya’s coastal gillnet fishery: trade-offs in recommended mesh-size regulations 评估肯尼亚沿海刺网渔业：建议网目大小法规的权衡

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African Journal of Marine Science Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI: 10.2989/1814232x.2021.1945798

K. Osuka, J. Kawaka, M. Samoilys

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Metabarcoding of marine zooplankton in South Africa 南非海洋浮游动物的代谢编码

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African Journal of Marine Science Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2021.1919759

S. Singh, J. Groeneveld, J. Huggett, D. Naidoo, R. Cedras, S. Willows‐Munro

{"title":"Metabarcoding of marine zooplankton in South Africa","authors":"S. Singh, J. Groeneveld, J. Huggett, D. Naidoo, R. Cedras, S. Willows‐Munro","doi":"10.2989/1814232X.2021.1919759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2021.1919759","url":null,"abstract":"Metabarcoding is an emerging method in which DNA barcoding is combined with next-generation sequencing to determine the biodiversity of taxonomically complex samples. We assessed the current state of DNA barcode reference databases for marine zooplankton in South Africa and undertook a metabarcoding analysis to determine the species composition of samples collected with plankton tow nets. Analysis of DNA sequences mined from the literature and in online barcode reference databases revealed incomplete records for all taxa examined. Barcode records were dominated by meroplanktonic species with commercially important life-history phases (fishes and decapod crustaceans) and by species occurring in easily accessible nearshore habitats. Holoplanktonic species were underrepresented, despite making up the bulk of zooplankton biodiversity, including most potential indicator species. Metabarcoding analysis of plankton samples could identify 45% of amplicon sequence variants to species level based on BOLD databases (123 species) and similar numbers using GenBank and the MIDORI COI classifier. Morphological analysis of samples could not achieve comparable resolution at species level, but with some exceptions it recovered similar classes of organisms to those found by metabarcoding. The need for integrative molecular/morphological studies to increase and validate barcode reference databases of key zooplankton taxa is recognised. Metabarcoding of marine zooplankton in South Africa has now been successfully undertaken and the methodology is expected to facilitate high-resolution monitoring of zooplankton biodiversity in pelagic ecosystems and accelerate the discovery of new species.","PeriodicalId":7719,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Marine Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49388329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 7

Corrigendum 勘误表

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African Journal of Marine Science Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI: 10.2989/1814232x.2021.1938384

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When the flathead mullet left St Lucia 当平头鲻鱼离开圣卢西亚时

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African Journal of Marine Science Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2021.1927179

A. Whitfield

{"title":"When the flathead mullet left St Lucia","authors":"A. Whitfield","doi":"10.2989/1814232X.2021.1927179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2021.1927179","url":null,"abstract":"The St Lucia estuarine system on the east coast of South Africa is a declared World Heritage Site and Ramsar Site of International Importance. A major ecological feature of St Lucia during the last century was the annual spawning migration of the flathead mullet Mugil cephalus down the system in the first half of each year. Top predators, such as the African fish eagle Haliaeetus vocifer, white pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus, Nile crocodile Crocodylus niloticus and Zambezi shark Carcharhinus leucas, have made extensive use of adult M. cephalus as a food resource. With the advent of prolonged closure of the St Lucia mouth in the first decade of the 21st century, caused by the lack of St Lucia system connectivity with the Mfolozi River and a prolonged drought, this spawning migration has ceased to exist. The almost complete disappearance of M. cephalus was reinforced in the second decade of this century by a continued lack of any estuarine–marine connectivity. This loss of connectivity between Lake St Lucia and the sea for more than 12 years is longer than the normal life cycle of M. cephalus, and the possibility exists that the putative subpopulation of this species that occupied the system prior to the turn of the century may have been rendered locally extinct. In January 2021, the berm at the mouth of the estuary was artificially breached and the outflow of St Lucia estuarine waters into the sea occurred for the first time since 2002. However, it remains to be seen whether the recovery of the M. cephalus population to pre-2000 levels will occur over the short term (year) or longer term (decade). It is strongly recommended that an adaptive management strategy, rather than a fixed management approach, be adopted for the sake of future connectivity of the St Lucia system to the marine environment.","PeriodicalId":7719,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Marine Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45646602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 8

Salt marsh erosion in a microtidal estuary 微潮河口的盐沼侵蚀

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African Journal of Marine Science Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2021.1906319

T. Riddin, J. Adams

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