Under pressure: Climate change, upwelling, and eastern boundary upwelling ecosystems

M García-Reyes, WJ Sydeman… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The IPCC AR5 provided an overview of the likely effects of climate change on Eastern
Boundary Upwelling Systems (EBUS), stimulating increased interest in research examining …

Ecosystem change in the southern Benguela and the underlying processes

LK Blamey, LJ Shannon, JJ Bolton… - Journal of Marine …, 2015 - Elsevier
Overfishing and human-induced climate change are putting severe pressure on marine
ecosystems. In the southern Benguela, most of South Africa's commercial fisheries have a …

The ocean

O Hoegh-Guldberg, R Cai, ES Poloczanska… - 2014 - munin.uit.no
The Ocean plays a central role in Earth's climate and has absorbed 93% of the extra energy
from the enhanced greenhouse effect and approximately 30% of anthropogenic carbon …

Exploring ecosystem-based adaptation in Durban, South Africa:“learning-by-doing” at the local government coal face

D Roberts, R Boon, N Diederichs… - Environment and …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The lack of progress in establishing ambitious and legally binding global mitigation targets
means that the need for locally based climate change adaptation will increase in vulnerable …

Double trouble: the implications of climate change for biological invasions

TB Robinson, N Martin, TG Loureiro, P Matikinca… - 2020 - scholar.sun.ac.za
The implications of climate change for biological invasions are multifaceted and vary along
the invasion process. Changes in vectors and pathways are likely to manifest in changes in …

Climate trends in southern Africa

MR Jury - South African Journal of Science, 2013 - journals.co.za
The observed and projected changes in the climate of southern Africa in the period 1900–
2100 were analysed. Ten observed, reanalysed and model-simulated climate data sets …

The economic value of South African kelp forests and temperate reefs: past, present and future

LK Blamey, JJ Bolton - Journal of Marine Systems, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract In South Africa, kelp forests and associated temperate reefs dominate the
nearshore subtidal zone in the southern Benguela, with kelp forests covering approximately …

Upwelling indices for comparative ecosystem studies: Variability in the Benguela Upwelling System

T Lamont, M García-Reyes, SJ Bograd… - Journal of Marine …, 2018 - Elsevier
The influence of climate variability on Eastern Boundary Upwelling Ecosystems (EBUEs) is
evident through changes in productivity and shifts in species' distributions, yet to date …

Synthesis: climate effects on biodiversity, abundance and distribution of marine organisms in the B enguela

A Jarre, L Hutchings, SP Kirkman… - Fisheries …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The N ans C lim project (2010–2013) represented a regional collaboration to assess the
effects of climate on B enguela dynamics. Based on in situ (since the 1960s in N amibia and …

Spatio‐temporal patterns of rainfall trends and the 2015–2017 drought over the winter rainfall region of South Africa

P Wolski, S Conradie, C Jack… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We analyse long‐term (1900–2017) rainfall data in the southern part of the winter
rainfall region of southern Africa to understand the spatial patterns of recent and long‐term …