Systematics of the non-geniculate coralline red algae from the South African south coast
| dc.contributor.advisor | Maneveldt, Gavin W. | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Channing, Alan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Van der Merwe, Elizabeth | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-07T16:13:43Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-10-30T13:10:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-03-07T16:13:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-10-30T13:10:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description | Philosophiae Doctor - PhD | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The aim of this study was to document the intertidal and shallow subtidal species of non-geniculate coralline red algae from the South Africa south coast. The main emphasis of the study are encompassed in four research chapters and one concluding chapter focusing on: 1) the documentation of the non-geniculate coralline red algae occurring along the South Africa south coast; 2) revisiting the Leptophytum-Phymatolithon complex in order to resolve the taxonomic status of species previously ascribed to the genus Leptophytum from South African; 3) starting to prepare modern monographic accounts of the higher taxa; and 4) the production of updated keys to all the currently recognised taxa of non-geniculate coralline algae for South Africa. Although nowhere near complete, here we present our findings and report on the current biodiversity status of the non-geniculate coralline red algae after a further four years of extensive sampling. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/16885 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.subject | South Africa | en_US |
| dc.subject | Taxonomy | en_US |
| dc.subject | Non-geniculate coralline algae | en_US |
| dc.subject | Heydrichia (Sporolithales) | en_US |
| dc.title | Systematics of the non-geniculate coralline red algae from the South African south coast | en_US |