May 12, 2018 | News, SeaKeys, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – South Africa’s Blue Economy vision for a stronger and sustainable ocean economy depends on the strength of its scientific foundation, says SAEON’s Dr Lara Atkinson. On Thursday the South African Earth Observation Network (SAEON) in collaboration with...
May 9, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
The South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), in collaboration with the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), will be launching a unique, first of its kind book in South Africa. The book titled Field Guide to the Offshore Marine...
Apr 30, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – DNA sequencing techniques have placed the spotlight on two ‘introduced’ seaweed species previously not known in South Africa, one of them being the ‘Devil’s tongue weed’. Like any responsible scientific researcher Prof John Bolton from the University...
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)...
