Terrestrial-aquatic transfers by hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius): effects on food web and benthic community structure of the St Lucia Estuary, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, World Heritage Site, South Africa
Africa’s last extant aquatic megaherbivore, the hippopotamus, facilitates linkages between terrestrial and aquatic systems at scales, frequencies and intensities that are probably unmatched by any other natural process. Through defaecation of terrestrial grasses into aquatic habitats, hippos disprop...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Faculty of Science
2020
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31223 |