Establishing remote sensing toolkits for monitoring freshwater ecosystems under global change Status Current OutputsWatch this space Collaborators Funders Project Leader Kate Snaddon
Category Archives: Monitoring & Management
Aquatic biodiversity and water quality of the Okavango Delta & Wetland monitoring of the Okavango Delta, Botswana, using aquatic macroinvertebrates. About Research in the Okavango Delta comprised two separate studies, the first (2005-2006) and the second (2008-2009). The key objective … Continue reading →
Southern African River Assessment Scheme: establishment of a capacity-building research framework to promote river health and biodiversity in tropical southern Africa About This project aimed to establishment a capacity building research framework to promote river health and biodiversity in Southern … Continue reading →
Developing a macroinvertebrate trait-based approach for assessing and managing ecosystem health in South Africa About This project is investigating the potential use of macroinvertebrate traits in assessing ecosystem health. The project is being led by the Unilever Centre for Environmental … Continue reading →
An Integrated Approach to Managing and Mitigating the Risk of Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pesticide Pollution to the Aquatic Environment. About This project essentially follows on from a previous project funded by the Water Research Commission (K5/1956) which focussed on the … Continue reading →
Developing a freshwater biodiversity information system for evaluating long‐term change in rivers in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa About There is a paucity of long-term (longer than five years) monitoring data sets for freshwater ecosystems in South Africa’s Cape … Continue reading →
Developing a refined suite of tools for assessing the Present Ecological State of wetland ecosystems About The broad aims of this project are (1) to engage with key stakeholders to clarify user requirements for a wetland PES assessment tool (or … Continue reading →
The application and development of periphyton as indicators of flow and nutrient alterations and the establishment of trophic status thresholds for water quality monitoring and management of rivers in South Africa About South African rivers are threatened by flow and … Continue reading →
Trajectories of change in wetlands of the fynbos biome About Although it is commonly reported in the literature that at least 50% of wetlands in South Africa have been lost and many more are seriously degraded, it is difficult to … Continue reading →
Developing methods for Ecological Reserve Compliance Monitoring in Freshwater Ecosystem Priority Areas (FEPAs) – a case study in the Kouebokkeveld, Western Cape About Extensive research and development has gone into methodologies aimed at determining the Ecological Reserve (environmental flows) in … Continue reading →
