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Investigation of Soil Heaving and Penetration Resistance of Bucket Foundation with Inner Bucket and Cruciform Skirts

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023
Since concrete is cheaper and more resistant to corrosion than steel, the wide-shallow concrete bucket foundation is being used extensively in ocean engineering.
Zhong Xiao, Teng Ma, Hongwei Wang, Feng Bian, Haifeng Jin, Tengjiao Yu, Wei Zhang, Pan Hu, Jinhui Li   +8 more
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Effective Management of Closed Hypereutrophic Estuaries Requires Catchment-Scale Interventions

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Increased nutrient loading associated with rapid population growth is the leading cause of deteriorating water quality in urbanized estuaries globally. Small estuaries are particularly sensitive to changes when connection with the marine environment is ...
Daniel A. Lemley, Daniel A. Lemley, Stephen J. Lamberth, Stephen J. Lamberth, Warren Manuel, Monique Nunes, Monique Nunes, Gavin M. Rishworth, Gavin M. Rishworth, Lara van Niekerk, Lara van Niekerk, Janine B. Adams, Janine B. Adams   +12 more
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Coastal urban reliance on groundwater during drought cycles: Opportunities, threats and state of knowledge

Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures, 2023
Urbanisation and population growth are concentrated on the coast with approximately 40% of the human population living within 100 km of the ocean.
Carla Dodd, Gavin M. Rishworth
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Occurrence, toxicity and ecological risk of Bisphenol A analogues in aquatic environment – A review

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021
Bisphenol analogues (BPs) have been widely applied to industry as the substitutes for bisphenol A (BPA), which have been detected frequently in surface water, sediment, sewage and sludge. The presence of BPs in natural environment could pose risks to the
Jianchao Liu, Lingyu Zhang, Guanghua Lu, Runren Jiang, Zhenhua Yan, Yiping Li   +5 more
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Modelling the occurrence of postflexion stages of a marine estuarine-dependent fish in temperate South African estuaries

Scientia Marina, 2017
The movement of postflexion larvae of marine estuarine-dependent species into estuaries is critical for the survival of fishes reliant on estuaries as nurseries.
Yanasivan Kisten, Nadine A. Strydom, Renzo Perissinotto, Sourav Paul   +3 more
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The effects of hypersalinity on the growth and skeletal anomalies of juvenile Cape stumpnose, Rhabdosargus holubi (Sparidae)

Scientia Marina, 2019
Estuarine organisms are exposed to hypersaline conditions for prolonged periods during drought conditions and under severely restricted river flow resulting from freshwater abstraction and impoundments.
Yanasivan Kisten, Nadine A. Strydom, Renzo Perissinotto   +2 more
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MtDNA lineage diversity of a potamonautid freshwater crab in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2015
Five species of freshwater crab (genus Potamonautes) are known from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, whilst a sixth (Potamonautes isimangaliso) was recently described from the iSimangaliso Wetland Park.
Gavin Gouws, Nasreen Peer, Renzo Perissinotto   +2 more
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Modeling molecular structure and behavior of microbial extracellular polymeric substances through interacting-particle reaction dynamics

Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 2021
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are essential for bacteria to interact with external environments and play a key role in the formation of microbial aggregates.
Run-Ze Xu, Jia-Shun Cao, Ganyu Feng, Jing-Yang Luo, Yang Wu, Bing-Jie Ni, Fang Fang   +6 more
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Recent Progress in Heavy Metal Ion Decontamination Based on Metal–Organic Frameworks

Nanomaterials, 2020
Heavy metals are inorganic pollutants which pose a serious threat to human and environmental safety, and their effective removal is becoming an increasingly urgent issue.
Yajie Chen, Xue Bai, Zhengfang Ye
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Population irruption of the clam Meretrix morphina in Lake St Lucia, South Africa

South African Journal of Science, 2017
The thick-shelled clam Meretrix morphina, previously referred to as Meretrix meretrix, now occurs in the west Indian Ocean region, along the eastern seaboard of Africa, from the Red Sea to the Mlalazi Estuary, close to the Tugela River.
Nelson A. F. Miranda, Nasreen Peer, Renzo Perissinotto, Nicola K. Carrasco, Salome Jones, Ricky H. Taylor, Caroline Fox   +6 more
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