Students

 

MSc Students

Michon Du plessis

Title: A Baseline Assessment of fish, invertebrate and macro-algal diversity on mixed and rocky shores for Marine Conservation Planning in St Francis

Supervisor/s: Professor Nicola James, Dr Paul-Pierre Steyn & Dr Gavin Rishworth

Ruth Matthews

Title: Nursery habitat use by sparids Boopsoidea inornata and Sparodon durbanensis

Supervisor/s: Professor Nicola James, Dr Gavin Rishworth & Dr Phakama Nodo

Summaya Dube

Title: The diversity, abundance and distribution of the predatory Chaetognaths in a warm-temperate bay and their relationship to dominant prey and environmental factors

Supervisor/s: Dr Shaun Deyzel & Dr Mfundo Bizani

Tholakele Nkosi

Title: Marine benthic diatom assemblages on and around the coastal islands of Algoa Bay

Supervisor/s: Dr Phumlile Cotiyane-Pondo & Professor Tommy Bornman

 

 

Zonke Mrubata

Title: Phytoplankton community dynamics within Algoa Bay in relation to the Agulhas current

Supervisor/s: Dr Phumlile Cotiyane-Pondo & Professor Tommy Bornman

Riaan Arendse

Title: Investigating long-term nearshore wave variability in Simons Bay using a high-resolution SWAN hindcast

Supervisor/s: Prof Juliet Hermes

PhD Students

Brishan Kalyan

Title: Coastal phytoplankton community change in response to environmental variability in South Africa

Supervisor/s: Professor Tommy Bornman

Melissa Pollard

Title: Habitat utilization by a common estuarine associated fish species in the estuary-ocean ecotone

Supervisor/s: Professor Janine Adams & Professor Nicola James

Nasreen Burgher

Title: Unravelling mesoscale and submesoscale dynamics inshore of the Agulhas Current: Characterisation, generation and productivity implications

Supervisor/s: Professor Mike Roberts & Professor Juliet Hermes

Thembani Mkhize

Title: Using multi-method approach to assess the effect of depth habitat parameters and seascape configuration on the use of a mosaic of habitats by juvenile coastal fish species

Supervisor/s: Professor Nicola James

Benita Maritz

Title: Structured light and oceanic layering: Investigate the effects of a turbulent oceanic environment on propagation and polarisation.

Supervisor/s: Prof Tommy Bornman & Dr Denise Schael

Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr Frederick Mokumo

Title: Mapping blue carbon: Insights from uThukela Banks MPA and its surroundings.

Host: Dr Linda Harris

Dr Sixolile Mazwane

Title: Assessing the changes in Phytoplankton community composition and net primary production on the Western Indian Ocean using In situ and satellite measurements.

Host: Professor Mike Roberts

Recent Graduates

 

Margaretha Burger

Title: Towards an integrative zooplankton biodiversity monitoring framework for an international coastal LTER site

MSc (Biological Oceanography)

Supervisor/s: Dr Shaun Deyzel & Dr Mfundo Bizani

 

Nwabisa Malongweni

Title: Formation and composition of a benthic nepheloid layer (BNL) in the eastern and central Agulhas Bank

PhD (Oceanography)

Supervisor/s: Dr Emma Rocke & Professor Mike Roberts