Effectiveness of Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area project (2017-2021) ...

• Main Author: Ndiviwe Baliwe
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment 2023
• Subjects: completed; oceans; SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; Table Mountain National Park MPA; rocky shores; no-take areas; density; shell length; SDG 14.2.1 Number of countries using ecosystem-based approaches to managing marine areas; WGS 84; textTable; Table Mountain; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15493/dea.mims.07592023; https://api.odp.saeon.ac.za/catalog/MIMS/go/10.15493/DEA.MIMS.07592023

Rocky Shore data ... : Intertidal rocky shores are the most accessible marine habitats and therefore heavily impacted by harvesting. In recent years, they have also been increasingly invaded by alien species, which compounds the effects of harvesting on rocky shore community composition and functioning. Recent survey data, combined with historical data from 1970, were used to assess temporal changes over the intervening period in rocky shore communities at two sites (Wireless Point and Wireless Island). ...