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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"iSimangaliso Wetland Park"”.
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Tourism participation in the Isimangaliso wetland park: perceptions, practices and prospects
There has been turmoil between the Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority and the Khula village community located adjacent to it. Khula village community members have been trespassing into the park and conducting illegal activities. Some of these include: killing wild animals, cutting trees for wood …
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Quantitative fish survey of the submarine canyons of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park
There have been no quantitative studies of fish species associated with the submarine canyons of the north east coast of South Africa. These canyons offer protection to coelacanths Latimeria chalumnae, fish of commercial importance, and a number of protected and endemic species. A fish survey was …
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Critical inquiry into ecologicalally responsive architecture : a case study of the Isimangaliso Wetland Park (KwaZulu-Natal)
Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master in Built Environment: Architecture, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2025.
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Assessing the influence of natural resource conservation on the livelihoods of KwaNibela, KwaZulu-Natal
… initiatives and programmes implemented by iSimangaliso Wetland Park, (b) evaluate the extent to which the community of KwaNibela benefited from the natural resources conserved by iSimangaliso Wetland Park (c) explore the perceptions and attitudes of indigenous people towards iSimangaliso …
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Distribution and community structure of Chaetodontidae (Perciformes) in iSimangaliso Wetland Park with the view to applying the Butterflyfish Indicator Hypothesis in this region of South Africa
… within Marine Protected Areas (MPA¡¯s) of iSimangaliso Wetland Park, on the north-eastern coast of South Africa. Other factors possibly impacting butterflyfish distribution were also investigated in this region. These factors were level of MPA protection (sanctuary or partially protected), …
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Terrestrial-aquatic transfers by hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius): effects on food web and benthic community structure of the St Lucia Estuary, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, World Heritage Site, South Africa
Africa’s last extant aquatic megaherbivore, the hippopotamus, facilitates linkages between terrestrial and aquatic systems at scales, frequencies and intensities that are probably unmatched by any other natural process. Through defaecation of terrestrial grasses into aquatic habitats, hippos …
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The abundance and diversity patterns of seaweed communities on natural and artificial substrata at Sodwana Bay, South Africa
… on Two-Mile Reef, Sodwana Bay, located in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, a World Heritage Site. The first aim was to investigate the abundance and diversity of benthic algal communities colonising different hard substrata (comprising bleached digitate, brain and plate coral assemblages, and …
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Aspects of the spatial and behavioural ecology of Hippopotamus amphibious in the Saint Lucia Estuary, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
… The St Lucia Estuary, one of three Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance located in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park (itself a UNESCO World Heritage site), in northern KwaZulu-Natal is not only the largest estuarine system in Africa, but is also home to one of South Africa's largest …
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Migratory Ecology of Sea Turtles
… leatherback turtles tracked from the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. Half (n = 8) of the turtles tracked migrated to foraging areas in the shallow coastal waters of the Sofala Banks, Mozambique. Such coastal behavior is very rare in leatherback turtles, which are otherwise …
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Movement behaviour of the Green Jobfish (Aprion virescens), the Potato Bass (Epinephelus tukula) and the Giant Trevally (Caranx ignobilis), on South Africa's coral reefs
… 306 km of coastline, which included the iSimangaliso Wetland Park (IWP), South Africa, and Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve (PPMR), Mozambique. The resulting telemetry data were used to investigate (1) the extent of their movements, (2) temporal patterns of movement, and (3) movements …
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Aspects of population biology and behaviour of mobulid rays
… were found, including M. alfredi at the iSimangaliso Wetland Park and possibly M. birostris at Ballito. Aggregations in KZN were primarily related to surface feeding, with cleaning and courtship behaviours also documented. Chapter 5 analyses a 41-year catch dataset (1981-2021) provided by …