Ecosystem change in the southern Benguela and the underlying processes

LK Blamey, LJ Shannon, JJ Bolton… - Journal of Marine …, 2015 - Elsevier
Overfishing and human-induced climate change are putting severe pressure on marine
ecosystems. In the southern Benguela, most of South Africa's commercial fisheries have a …

A Coastal Seawater Temperature Dataset for Biogeographical Studies: Large Biases between In Situ and Remotely-Sensed Data Sets around the Coast of South …

AJ Smit, M Roberts, RJ Anderson, F Dufois… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Gridded SST products developed particularly for offshore regions are increasingly being
applied close to the coast for biogeographical applications. The purpose of this paper is to …

Nearshore and offshore co-occurrence of marine heatwaves and cold-spells

RW Schlegel, ECJ Oliver, T Wernberg… - Progress in Oceanography, 2017 - Elsevier
A changing global climate places shallow water ecosystems at more risk than those in the
open ocean as their temperatures may change more rapidly and dramatically. To this end, it …

Impacts of drought on grape yields in Western Cape, South Africa

JA Araujo, BJ Abiodun, O Crespo - Theoretical and applied climatology, 2016 - Springer
Droughts remain a threat to grape yields in South Africa. Previous studies on the impacts of
climate on grape yield in the country have focussed on the impact of rainfall and temperature …

Interannual to decadal variability within and across the major Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems

G Bonino, E Di Lorenzo, S Masina, D Iovino - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Climate variability and climate change in Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems (EBUS)
affect global marine ecosystems services. We use passive tracers in a global ocean model …

Concentrations and risk assessment of metals and microplastics from antifouling paint particles in the coastal sediment of a marina in Simon's Town, South Africa

C Sparks, A Awe - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022 - Springer
Maintenance of maritime vessels includes the removal of paint from hulls that are sources of
metals, antifouling paint particles (APPs) and microplastics (MPs) that end up in the coastal …

Origin, development and demise of the 2010–2011 Benguela Niño

M Rouault, S Illig, J Lübbecke, RAI Koungue - Journal of Marine Systems, 2018 - Elsevier
A Benguela Niño developed in November 2010 and lasted for 5 months along the Angolan
and Namibian coastlines. Maximum amplitude was reached in January 2011 with an …

Decadal variability and trends of the Benguela upwelling system as simulated in a high-resolution ocean simulation

N Tim, E Zorita, B Hünicke - Ocean Science, 2015 - os.copernicus.org
Detecting the atmospheric drivers of the Benguela upwelling systems is essential to
understand its present variability and its past and future changes. We present a statistical …

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

A Mead, CL Griffiths, GM Branch… - African Journal of …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Coastal ecosystems are highly vulnerable to human-mediated drivers of global change
because they are located at the land–ocean interface and often host centres of urbanisation …