On Temperate South Africa

Focus on South Africa

Fish community of a small, temperate, urban river in South Africa

Freshwater and marine-spawned fishes were sampled from the Baakens River, a small urban river that runs through the city of Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Using fyke nets, 8 sites were sampled along the river course over a 4-month period (January – April 2014). Catches were comprised of indigenous freshwater, marine migrant and alien fishes. Marine migrant fishes, including...

South temperate birds have higher apparent adult survival than tropical birds in Africa

P. Lloyd (penn@baamecology.com), Percy FitzPatrick Inst., DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, Univ. of Cape Town, P/Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa, and Biodiversity Assessment and Management Pty Ltd, PO Box 1376, Cleveland 4163, Australia. – F. Abadi, South African National Biodiversity Inst., P/Bag X7, Claremont 7735, South Africa, and School of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Univ. of Wit...

South Africa

As an active member and expert clinical microbiologist involved with The Critical Care Society of Southern Africa, a 1-day prevalence study of infection was undertaken as a first step to ascertain the national profile of sepsis among critically ill patients. One aspect of the study was to evaluate antibiotic prescription practices in South African ICUs and to determine their relationship to pat...

Intergenerational Relations in Africa with a Focus on South Africa