Distribution of epifauna in offshore benthic environments along the west and south coast of South Africa by Shah, Aliya

“…Marine unconsolidated sediments, such as sand, gravel and muds, constitute the most extensive benthic ecosystems globally. Biological data for these ecosystems are frequently sparse which can hinder the success and implementation of marine management strategies for benthic ecosystems. …”
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Evaluating the effects of biogeography and fragmentation on the taxonomic, functional, and genetic diversity of forest-utilising bats in a South African biodiversity hotspot by Moir, Monika Ilka

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Effects of pine invasions on ground-dwelling ants on the southern slopes of the Swartberg Mountains by Chaane, Lovejoy

“…Ant and plant assemblages in patches of Pinus species trees in mountain fynbos and renosterbos (Elytropappus rhinocerotis) shru.bland were investigated in order to detennine whether there were differences in ant and plant species richness, abundance and cover between patches of pines and the surrounding indigenous vegetation. …”
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The extent, impact and management of ungulate translocations by Spear, Dian

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Belowground impacts of regenerative agriculture in a South African seed production system by Nel, Gemma

“…Site and sampling times were the most important factors explaining the variation in carbon to nutrient ratios. …”
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Oxygen isotope composition of megacrysts from the Monastery kimberlite by Van Blerk, Joshua

“…The low δ18O values in the phlogopites, zircons, Fe-rich olivines, and especially the Group 2 ilmenites (as low as ~4.25‰) can be explained by the assimilation most likely of low-δ18O eclogite (first stage evolution). …”
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Distinguishing cyanobacteria from algae using bio-optical remote sensing by Matthews, Mark William

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The relative role of protozoans in the flux of phytoplankton nitrogen through pelagic food webs by Matthews, Susan Gail

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The conservation value of artificial ponds in the Western Cape Province for aquatic beetles and bugs by Apinda-Legnouo, Emelie Arlette

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High-temperature metamorphism in the western Namaqua-Natal Metamorphic Province (South Africa): implications for low-pressure granulite terranes by Schorn, Simon

“…Because temperature is an effect rather than the cause of heat energy transferred into the crust, it may not represent the most geodynamically relevant parameter to describe metamorphism. …”
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High-temperature metamorphism in the western Namaqua-Natal Metamorphic Province (South Africa): implications for low-pressure granulite terranes by Schorn, Simon

“…Because temperature is an effect rather than the cause of heat energy transferred into the crust, it may not represent the most geodynamically relevant parameter to describe metamorphism. …”
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Testing alternative stable state theory at Afromontane and Milkwood forest-fynbos ecotones by Fouche, Bianke

“…In the Greater Cape Region, forest-fynbos ecotones are often juxtaposed in landscapes where fire is the most important disturbance that maintains open canopy fire-prone fynbos and closed- canopy forests in fire refugia. …”
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Early human social transmission during Marine Isotope Stage 5: a perspective from the Kalahari Basin by Maenzanise, Precious

“…The results of this study indicate there are many technological similarities across most of the studied sites, including the predominant use of local raw materials, recurrent Levallois methods, hard hammer percussion technique, core maintenance primarily by débordant removals, manufacturing of similar products, mostly with faceted platforms, and a low frequency of formal tools. …”
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The impact of pine plantations and alien invertebrates on native forest and fynbos invertebrate communities in Table Mountain National Park by Uys, Charmaine Janet

“…Alien species richness was similar across habitats. Argentine ants, like most other alien species identified, were present in all habitats. …”
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An archaeological study of two Early Farming sites in the southern Kruger National Park, South Africa

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Petrology and mineral chemistry of sulphide ores and associated metalliferous rocks of the Gamsberg Zn-Pb deposit, South Africa : implications for ore genesis and mineral explorati... by Stalder, Marcel

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Aspects of plant dispersal in the southwestern Cape with particular reference to the roles of birds as dispersal agents by Knight, Richard Spencer, Knight, Richard Spencer

“…Each chapter focused on a different scale of plant dispersal processes ranging from regional assemblages of plant species to individual species. …”
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Reconstructing the long-term history of water quality and availability using fossil diatoms at an agricultural site in the Cape lowlands by Hoffenberg, Amy

“…Their abundances were plotted against depth and age and changes in water quality and availability were inferred based on their autecological characteristics. The most prominent shift in the indicator diatoms at Rhenostervlei Farm as shown by the stratigraphic diagrams, CONISS analysis and the PCA occurred at the onset of the 20th century CE and was characterised by a shift from a saline, dry and nutrient-poor environment (ca. 1790-1890 CE) to a more turbid, nutrient-rich environment with increased freshwater influence that was prone to periodic flooding (ca. 1890-2011 CE). …”
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