. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 268 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. MORRUMBENE EsTUARY Modified from cfiart ^93 BARRAe PORTO delNHAMBANE Fig. 2. Morrumbene estuary (after Day, unpublished). including Avicennia, Rhizophora and Ceriops, these give way to Phragmites, Barringtonia and Acrostichum where saKnity falls below io%q. In the mixing basin sea grasses such as Halodule and Cymodocea are common near low water springs. The survey of Morrumbene formed part of the University of Cape Town's estuarine survey series and a paper on
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 268 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. MORRUMBENE EsTUARY Modified from cfiart ^93 BARRAe PORTO delNHAMBANE Fig. 2. Morrumbene estuary (after Day, unpublished). including Avicennia, Rhizophora and Ceriops, these give way to Phragmites, Barringtonia and Acrostichum where saKnity falls below io%q. In the mixing basin sea grasses such as Halodule and Cymodocea are common near low water springs. The survey of Morrumbene formed part of the University of Cape Town's estuarine survey series and a paper on the ecology of the estuary is in prepara- tion by J. H. Day. Twenty-two species of amphipod were recovered during the survey. Both the absolute number of individuals and the number of species decreased in areas of low salinity. Eighteen species were present in the mixing basin, of these only six were at all common [Cheiriphotis megacheles, Grandidierella bonnieri, Hyale inyacka, Laetmato- philus purus, Lembos teleporus and Talorchestia australis). Above Tinga-Tinga seven species were recorded, none of them common. One particularly euryhaline species worthy of mention is Grandidierella bonnieri which was found from Linga-Linga to Tinga-Tinga and also recovered from a fresh-water lake adjoining Lagoa Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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