Mandela University Estuarine Ecology

05/10/2026

Happy birthday Manuela! 🎉🌍 We hope you have a wonderful day 🎁🌱

03/10/2026

Today we wish a very happy birthday to Prof Janine Adams! 🥳🌊🌱
Thank you for your years of incredible mentorship and support to everyone on the team. We hope you have a fantastic day! 🎈🎂

02/10/2026

This week, PhD candidate Tanja van de Merwe presented her PhD proposal titled "Blue Carbon and ecological integrity of the uMlalazi Estuary: a seascape approach". 🌊🍃

Her research will investigate the Blue Carbon value of traditional and emerging Blue Carbon Ecosystems at the uMlalazi Estuary, quantify their greenhouse gas contributions, identify abiotic factors driving macrophyte communities of socio-ecological importance, and assess how these collectively impact the ecological integrity of these habitats. 🌱

01/10/2026

Happy birthday Chumisa! 🥳 Thank you for all that you do for our team! Have a wonderful day 🎈🎂🌊

30/09/2026

MSc student Pierre Bassett attended the Coastal Ocean Environment School – Western Indian Ocean (.wio) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (20-26 September). 🇹🇿He had the opportunity to work on shoreline change, habitat restoration and coastal resilience across mangroves, seagrass and urban environments. 🌱🌊 Gaining insights into community led projects, challenges and successes across Africa’s coastline, he collaborated with young African ocean researchers to strengthen ocean science capacity. Check what else they got up to here: https://arcg.is/0OzCLj4 🌍
wio

11/09/2026

This week, PhD student Priscah Lakane attended the 14th International Conference on Biological Invasions (NEOBIOTA) in Brussels, Belgium (7–11 September), where she presented findings from three chapters of her thesis on invasive plants in South African estuaries. 🌊🌿🍃

11/09/2026

We wish Dr Gavin Rishworth a huge congratulations on your promotion to Associate Professor 🥳 thank you for your collaboration and support! 🌊🦀

10/09/2026

Happy birthday Joel! 🥳 We hope you have a fantastic day 🌊🎈

01/09/2026

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"Tidal" generally refers to the lunar and solar influences on coastal water bodies. However, this study expands on the definition of "tidal", in order to include coastal environments that are also exposed to fluvial, meteorological (wind), or groundwater influences. 💨🌍

This updated definition is intended to be a robust construct as environments will inevitably change with sea-level rise, water extraction, and anthropogenic flow alteration. 🌊 This study also provides a brief history of the tidal concept, and describes tides in a diversity of uncommonly recognized marginal coastal environments.

Expanding the definition of what is considered tidal by the scientific community is critical for improved understanding of coastal wetland function and the suite of ecosystem services they provide people and society, including climate mitigation opportunity, management, and adaptation. 🌿💦☀️

📌 Check it out here:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13157-026-02114-y

31/08/2026