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 …

Estuaries are especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change because changes in
climatic and hydrologic variables that influence freshwater and marine systems will also …

E-mail: j. tweedley@ murdoch. edu. au 2Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, West
Hoe, Plymouth, PLI 3DH, United KingdomTidal range is a master factor governing the …

A focused diagnosis of ecosystem health in two South African estuaries (Kromme and
Gamtoos) was conducted. Four pollution indices were used, ie, geoaccumulation (Igeo) …

Population and development pressures increase the need for proactive strategic
management on a regional or country-wide scale–reactively protecting ecosystems on an …

Flow-regulated discharges of water from control structures into estuaries result in hydrologic
and water chemistry conditions that impact spatial and temporal variability in the structure …

Assemblages of early stage fishes (larval and early juvenile stages) were investigated and
compared in seven permanently open and five intermittently open estuarine systems on the …

This study aimed to determine whether and how the disruption of river flow, during the filling
of the Alqueva dam, influenced the variability of abiotic and biotic factors in the Guadiana …

Fluvial effects on nutrient and phytoplankton dynamics were evaluated in southern Kaneohe
Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. Fluvial inputs occurred as small, steady baseflows interrupted by intense …

A multidisciplinary and multi-institutional research programme studied the influence of river
flow rate on salinity distribution and response of the biota in three Eastern Cape estuaries …