Urbanization and human-led development have increased more rapidly along shorelines
and in coastal watersheds than inland regions over the past century. The result of major land …

Nutrient pollution in South African estuaries is described using a Driver-Pressure-State-
Impact-Response framework. The root cause ('driver') of deteriorating water quality is rapid …

Bisphenol A and its structural congeners are increasingly recognized as emerging
contaminants with toxic and estrogenic potential that have been widely used in many …

Coastal ecosystems serve as important nursery areas, yet they are facing many challenges.
For example, eutrophication-induced hypoxia is one of the major threats to the functioning of …

Estuaries provide critical ecosystem services, and yet are increasingly under threat from
urbanization. Non-invasive approaches to monitor biodiversity resident to or migrating …

Coastal lagoons are characterised by strong spatial gradient of environmental parameters,
especially hypersalinity, and are prone to anthropogenic disturbance. The Coorong (South …

Low freshwater inflow estuaries are common worldwide, yet our understanding of
phytoplankton dynamics in these systems is limited compared to river-influenced estuaries …

Because many estuaries worldwide are experiencing large-scale alterations in freshwater
inflows due to climatic and human influences on watersheds, it is critical to understand …

A survey of the quality of water flowing from micro-system types to the ocean, along the
subtropical east coast of South Africa, showed a wide variation in the concentrations of total …

Eutrophication of estuaries via anthropogenic nutrient enrichment is an issue being
addressed extensively on a global scale, however it remains a topic that garners further …