A preliminary ichthyofaunal and physico-chemical survey of estuaries on the east coast South Africa from Mpande Estuary to Mtentwana was undertaken between November 1997 January 1998. Sixteen were surveyed along this stretch coastline these grouped into three estuary types: small (< 10 ha) predominantly closed estuaries, moderate large (> open estuaries. Multivariate analyses revealed sig...

The following article is being retracted from publication in Journal of Architecture and Urbanism: Principles concepts designing Tropical-Shore settlement Estuary ecosystem case study: Weriagar District, Bintuni Bay, by Firmansyah Firmansyah, Resya Wulanningsih, Bintang Nidia Kusuma, Ira Prayuni Rante Allo, Volume 42, Issue 2, pp. 169–176, Urbanism, 2018 https://doi.org/10.3846/jau.2018.6486 ht...

At the Amazon estuary, the oldest logging frontier in the Amazon, no studies have comprehensively explored the potential long-term population and yield consequences of multiple timber harvests over time. Matrix population modeling is one way to simulate long-term impacts of tree harvests, but this approach has often ignored common impacts of tree harvests including incidental damage, changes in...

Turnover (i.e., species substitution) and nestedness (i.e., subsets of species from more diverse locations), the two main mechanisms used to explain the beta diversity of biological communities, have different implications for biodiversity conservation. To better understand how these mechanisms contribute to beta diversity, we tested the following hypotheses: (i) greater dissimilarity in commun...

Temporal variations in the diatom benthic propagule (DBP) community and its role in the phytoplankton community in a monsoon-affected tropical estuary, Zuari estuary, Goa (India) is presented. The DBP from the sediments was enumerated using an extinction dilution method (Most Probable Number method), which allows estimation of resting stages through examination of germinated vegetative cells in...