Name: Effectiveness of Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area project (2017-2021)
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DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.07592023

Title	Effectiveness of Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area project (2017-2021)
Authors	Ndiviwe Baliwe Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Scientist
Publisher	Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2023)
Contributors	Project Member: George Branch University of Cape Town; role: Emeritus Professor; Contact Person: Ndiviwe Baliwe Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Scientist; email: nbaliwe@dffe.gov.za
Abstract	Intertidal rocky shores are the most accessible marine habitats and therefore heavily impacted by harvesting. In recent years, they have also been increasingly invaded by alien species, which compounds the effects of harvesting on rocky shore community composition and functioning. Recent survey data, combined with historical data from 1970, were used to assess temporal changes over the intervening period in rocky shore communities at two sites (Wireless Point and Wireless Island).
Methods	Data were collected on sloping platforms, four or five transects parallel to the shore, each with five replicates, were sampled during spring tides, covering four or five shore heights and employing 50 × 50-cm quadrats that were spaced at equidistant intervals up the shore to span the range between the mean low and mean high water marks, in exactly the same locations and shore heights as those surveyed in 1970. The quadrats were divided into 25 grid cells, each representing 4% cover, to facilitate accurate estimation of percentage cover. In each quadrat, all species of macro-invertebrates and algae (functionally grouped into corticated algae, encrusting and ephemeral algae) were identified. The percentage covers of sessile organisms were estimated and the numbers of mobile fauna counted. Counts were later converted to percentage cover to standardise the data).
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Temporal extent	27 Feb 2017 – 25 Apr 2017
Geographic extent	20 km Leaflet Tiles © Esri — Source: Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, USGS, Intermap, iPC, NRCAN, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), Esri (Thailand), TomTom, 2012 SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN North: -34.122 South: -34.204 West: 18.25 East: 18.372
Keywords	density, EBV: Community Composition > Community abundance, EBV: Community Composition > Taxonomic/phylogenetic diversity, EBV: Community Composition > Trait diversity, EBV: Ecosystem Function > Ecosystem disturbances, EBV: Species Populations > Species abundances, EBV: Species Populations > Species distributions, EOV: Biochemistry > Oxygen, EOV: Biology and Ecosystems > Invertebrate abundance and distribution (emerging), EOV: Biology and Ecosystems > Phytoplankton biomass and diversity, EOV: Biology and Ecosystems > Zooplankton biomass and diversity, EOV: Ecosystem Function > Ecosystem disturbances, EOV: Ecosystem Function > Primary productivity, no-take areas, rocky shores, SDG 14.2.1 Number of countries using ecosystem-based approaches to managing marine areas, shell length, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, Table Mountain National Park MPA

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