Author:Skelton, PHDate:1987Red data sheets are provided for 50 fish species from the continental waters of South Africa and South West Africa/Namibia. The species are arranged in four groups: endemic freshwater species, endemic estuarine species, marginal freshwater ...Read more
Author:Skelton, PHDate:Jul 1977Data sheets are provided for 28 threatened South African fish species, of which five are considered to be endangered (Barbus trevelyani, Klegethon, Treurensis, Oveodaimon quathlambae and Clarias cavernicola), one to be endangered in South ...Read more
Author:Skinner, JD; Fairall, N; Bothama, JDate:Nov 1977Data sheets are provided for 22 threatened South African large mammals, one exterminated (Liechtenstein1s hartebeest), eight endangered (cheetah, hunting dog, dugong, Cape mountain zebra, black rhinoceros, tsessebe, roan antelope, suni), one ...Read more
Author:Branch, WRDate:1988This multi-authored volume provide red data sheet for 93 species of threatened reptiles and amphibians, found within South Africa(including the national states of Venda, Bophuthatswana, Ciskei and Transkei, and the adjacent countries of Lesotho ...Read more
Author:Mclachlan, GRDate:Feb 1978Data sheets are provided for 46 threatened South African reptiles and amphibians, two being endangered (leatherback turtle, geometric tortoise) ten vulnerable (loggerhead turtle, Nile crocodile, veld monitor, water monitor, giant girdled ...Read more
Author:Meester, JAJDate:Nov 1976Data sheets are provided on 49 South African small mammal species thought to merit conservation attention, none of which is considered to be endangered.Read more
Author:Smithers, RHNDate:1986Currently, 243 species of terrestrial wild mammals are known to occur in the Republic of South Africa. Using the well established IUCN definitions, 42 of these may be considered as exposed to some level of threat of extinction. Three species ...Read more
Author:Brooke, RKDate:Dec 1984Red data sheets are provided for 102 species of birds that breed on the South African mainland and a further six species for the oceanic Prince Edward islands. Species are listed according to the established IUCN criteria of extinct, endangered, ...Read more
Author:SASCARDate:1987This document describes the South African National Antarctic Research Programme's (SANARP) physical, chemical and biological Southern Ocean research programme. The programme has three main components: ecological studies of the Prince Edward ...Read more
Author:SANCOR; SASCARDate:May 1979South African research in the Southern Ocean has already produced some important and illuminating results. Most of these efforts, however, were of an individual and uncoordinated nature. Due to increasing interest in the ocean- in South Africa ...Read more
Author:Cooper, Antony KDate:Nov 2013This policy note highlights some issues concerning spatial data infrastructures (SDIs) and similar systems in South Africa, which aim at providing integrated, harmonized, quality geospatial data sets readily, quickly and affordably to users. ...Read more
Author:Veldsman, DPDate:1968SAWTRI hopes that, through this resume, and through its complete list of publications where more detail is required, a contribution is being made to the knowledge of one of nature' most powerful wonderful fibres.Read more
Author:Hunter, L; Taylor, H; Robinson, GADate:Dec 1981The novel feature of the DREF MK II open-end spinning machine, which enables the radial positions of the fibres in the yarn cross section to be pre-determined, has been used to show a speciality fibre such as carnel hair or mohair can be ...Read more
Author:Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit, ERCUDate:Apr 1981The Spoeg has a relatively small catchment area and probably only flows into the sea at times of extreme flooding. As the dune covered catchment readily absorbs the run-off, the mouth does not appear to be subject to heavy fluvial sediment ...Read more
Author:Erasmus, TCDate:1976The so-called reactivity index, a diminution of spontaneous combustion liability index, gives an indication of a coal's liability towards spontaneous combustion.Read more
Author:La Grange, CCDate:1950The problem created by the spontaneous heating of coal has been receiving attention for more than 100 years and many investigators have worked on problems directly or indirectly associated with this phenomenon.Read more
Author:Erasmus, TCDate:1973A sample of Landau low-ash coal was submitted by the T.C.O.A and was tested in the Institute's experimental bunkers to assess the liability of this coal towards spontaneous combustion.Read more