Principal Investigator: Prof Tony Booth (Rhodes University)
Title: Investigating African Coelacanths, their ecosystems and surrounding deep water environments through integrating multidisciplinary research focusing on biodiversity and ecology
Project summary: Investigate Coelacanth ecology, biodiversity studies, coelacanth population estimates, energy flows and trophic interdependencies and habitat mapping of Sodwana Bay. The main outcome of the project will be the development of Conservation and Management Plans with the eKZNW and iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority.
Students:
Jacky Hill (Post doc) 1)Estuarine to sea migration of anadromous fish using carbon, nitrogen and potentially sulphur isotopes. 2) Depth and temperature profiling in coelacanth using oxygen and c-14 isotopes in otoliths. 3) Coastal migrations of Geelbek using carbon and nitrogen isotopes
Reese Wartenberg (MSc 2010-2011) Depth related community structure of fishes in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, a tropical East Indian Ocean marine protected area, South Africa. Supervisor: Prof Tony Booth
Denham Parker (MSc 2010-2011).The biology of the largespot pompano, Trachinotus botla (Pisces: Carangidae), on the KwaZulu-Natal Coast, South Africa. Supervisor: Prof Tony Booth
Matt Parkinson (MSc 2010-2011) The trophic dynamics and energy flow of the tidal, subtidal and canyon head regions of Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Supervisor: Prof Tony Booth
Posters:
Integrated Biodiversity and Process Study of African Coelacanths and their Ecosystems - Tony Booth.pdf
