Relative salinity tolerance of freshwater macroinvertebrates from the south-east Eastern Cape, South Africa compared with the Barwon Catchment, Victoria, Australia | Zendy

Ben J. Kefford | Zendy; Carolyn G. Palmer | Zendy; Dayanthi Nugegoda | Zendy

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Relative salinity tolerance of freshwater macroinvertebrates from the south-east Eastern Cape, South Africa compared with the Barwon Catchment, Victoria, Australia

Author(s) -

Ben J. Kefford,

Carolyn G. Palmer,

Dayanthi Nugegoda

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

marine and freshwater research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693

H-Index - 88

eISSN - 1448-6059

pISSN - 1323-1650

DOI - 10.1071/mf04098

Subject(s) - salinity , taxon , drainage basin , invertebrate , range (aeronautics) , cape , species richness , structural basin , ecology , geography , biology , cartography , paleontology , materials science , archaeology , composite material

Salinity is rising in many southern African and Australian rivers with unknown,effects on aquatic organisms. The extent of spatial variation, at any scale, in salt tolerances is unknown,and therefore whether data from one location should be used elsewhere. The acute tolerances (72-hour LC50) to sea salt of 49 macroinvertebrate taxa from the south-east of the Eastern Cape (SEEC), South Africa were compared to 57 species from the Barwon Catchment, Victoria, Australia. The mean LC 5 10 15 20

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