Apr 21, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Pretoria – The Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (FBIP) calls for large and small grants 2018 have opened; South African researchers are encouraged to apply. For an overview of the FBIP, feel free to consult the programme’s Framework Document...
Apr 16, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
In taxonomy, the ‘holotype’ specimen can be considered the cornerstone of a species description – the single physical example of an organism, known to have been used when the species was formally described. When this specimen goes missing the foundation upon...
Mar 27, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Studies on South African marine invasive species have neglected key phases of the invasion process, a SeaKeys systematic review has shown. According to Stellenbosch University researcher and co-author on the study, Dr Tammy Robinson, invasion biology (until recently)...
Mar 15, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
A highly invasive ‘ecosystem engineer’ is gaining ground at Zandvlei Estuary in Cape Town, a study linked to the SeaKeys project has shown. Over a period of 25 years the alien reef-building polychaete Ficopomatus enigmatus (AKA the Australian tubeworm) population has...
Feb 28, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
A study on the taxonomy of a pharmaceutically important brown algae has highlighted the challenges of integrating historical taxa into the era of modern DNA-based taxonomy. A group of South African and international algae experts, led by Christophe Vieira from Ghent...
Feb 16, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
A parasitic copepod previously known only from Luderitz Bay in Namibia has been found on the coast of the Cape Peninsula, according to a SeaKeys study. “This discovery is the first record of any siphonostomatoid copepod infecting an invertebrate host in South Africa,”...
