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    Vertical and horizontal distribution of sub-littoral meiofauna in Algoa Bay, South Africa

    Meiofauna was sampled using SCUBA along 4 transects from 5 to 30 m depth in Algoa Bay, South Africa. Substrates were well-sorted medium to fine sands with traces of sewage pollution in some areas. Meiofauna nu...

    A. McLachlan, P. E. D. Winter, L. Botha in Marine Biology (1977)

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    Nitrogen regeneration by the surf zone penaeid prawn Macropetasma africanus

    Nitrogen excretion of individual Macropetasma africanus (Balss) from an exposed beach/surf zone in Algoa Bay, South Africa was monitored under laboratory and field conditions in relation to body mass, temperature...

    A. C. Cockcroft, A. McLachlan in Marine Biology (1987)

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    Bioenergetics of fishes in a high-energy surf-zone

    Energy budgets are proposed for four teleost and two elasmobranch species as well as for the main icthyofauna groups for a surf-zone ecosystem. The ecology of surf-zone fishes of eastern Cape beaches, Algoa Ba...

    H. H. Du Preez, A. McLachlan, J. F. K. Marais, A. C. Cockcroft in Marine Biology (1990)

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    Carbon and nitrogen exchange between sandy beach clams (Donax serra) and kelp beds in the Benguela coastal upwelling region

    Carbon consumption and nitrogen requirements were estimated for populations of the sandy beach bivalve Donax serra on nine beaches of the west coast of South Africa. Subtidal populations composed mainly of adult ...

    A. G. Soares, T. A. Schlacher, A. McLachlan in Marine Biology (1997)

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    Impact of trampling on sandy beach macrofauna

    The effects of varying intensities of human trampling on sandy beach macrofauna were investigated at an exposed beach on the Eastern Cape coast. An experimental approach investigated the survival rates of four...

    M. D. Moffett, A. McLachlan, P. E. D. Winter… in Journal of Coastal Conservation (1998)

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    The importance of seed dispersal in the Alexandria Coastal Dunefield, South Africa

    The endozoochorous dispersal of seeds by mammals and birds between distinct vegetation communities was assessed to determine the importance of these processes in coastal dune field management. Isolated pockets...

    J. G. Castley, J.-S Bruton, G. I. H. Kerley… in Journal of Coastal Conservation (2001)