Temporarily Open/Closed Estuaries in South Africa
Perissinotto, R / Stretch, D D / Whitfield, A K / Adams, J B / Forbes, A T / Demetriades, N T
South African temporarily open/closed estuaries (TOCEs) and similar systems along the coastlines of other regions of the world, especially Australia, are amongst the most productive aquatic ecosystems. They shift seasonally from mostly open mouth states during rainy seasons to mostly closed mouth states during the dry part of the year. This allows a whole range of juvenile forms of estuarine-dependent and estuarine-associated marine species to...