Jennifer M. Fitchett; Stefan W. Grab; Heinrich Portwig School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa ABSTRACT Phenological shifts represent one of the most robust bioindicators of climate change. While considerable multidecadal records of plant and animal phenology exist for the northern hemisphere, few noteworthy...
Sardines (Sardinops sagax) Sardines are small epipelagic fish that sometimes migrate along the coast in large schools. They are an important forage fish for larger forms of marine life. “Sardine” and “pilchard” are common names used to refer to various small, oily fish within the herring family of Clupeidae. The term sardine was first used in English during […]
S. T. Ambrose, P. W. Froneman, M. J. Smale, G. Cliff, S. Plön (2013) Winter diet shift of long-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus capensis) feeding in the sardine run off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Marine Biology, Volume 160, Issue 7, pp 1543-1561 Abstract Unpredictable inter-annual variations in the timing, spatial extent and intensity of the sardine run (Sardinops sagax) have been...
P Fréon, J C Coetzee, C D van der Lingen, A D Connell, S H O’Donoghue, M J Roberts, H Demarcq, C G Attwood, S J Lamberth & L Hutchings (2010) A review and tests of hypotheses about causes of the KwaZulu-Natal sardine run. African Journal of Marine Science Volume 32, Issue 2, 2010 Abstract The term ‘sardine run’ […]
S H O’Donoghue, P A Whittington, B M Dyer & V M Peddemors (2010) Abundance and distribution of avian and marine mammal predators of sardine observed during the 2005 KwaZulu-Natal sardine run survey. African Journal of Marine Science. Volume 32, Issue 2, 2010 Abstract Opportunistic observations to determine the relative abundance and distribution of marine mammal and seabird predators of...
L. E. Beckley & J. D. Hewitson (1994) Distribution and abundance of clupeoid larvae along the east coast of South Africa in 90/91. South African Journal of Marine Science, Volume 14, Issue 1, 1994 Abstract The distribution and abundance of larvae of pilchard Sardinops sagax, round herring Etrumeus whiteheadi and anchovy Engraulis capensis along the east coast […]
M. J. Armstrong , A. Berruti & J. Colclough (1987) Pilchard distribution in South African waters, 1983–1985, South African Journal of Marine Science, 5:1, 871-886, Abstract Seasonal movements of South African pilchard Sardinops ocellatus in the relatively abundant 1982/83 year-class are inferred by means of length frequency information from predator diet analyses and from commercial […]