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Rull Lluch, Jordi. "Marine benthic algae of Namibia." Scientia Marina 66, S3 (December 30, 2002): 5–256. http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2002.66s35.

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Grant, S. W. F., A. H. Knoll, and G. J. B. Germs. "Probable calcified metaphytes in the latest Proterozoic Nama Group, Namibia: origin, diagenesis, and implications." Journal of Paleontology 65, no. 1 (January 1991): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s002233600002014x.

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Samples from the Huns Limestone Member, Urusis Formation, Nama Group, at two adjacent localities in southern Namibia contain thin foliose to arched, sheet-like carbonate crusts that are 100–500 µm thick and up to 5 cm in lateral dimension. Morphologic, petrographic, and geochemical evidence supports the interpretation of these delicate crusts as biogenic, most likely the remains of calcified encrusting metaphytes. The original sediments of the fossiliferous samples contained aragonitic encrusting algae, botryoidal aragonite cements, and an aragonite mud groundmass. Spherulites within the precursor mud could represent bacterially induced mineral growths or the concretions of marine rivularian cyanobacteria. Original textures were severely disrupted during the diagenetic transition of aragonite to low-magnesian calcite, but some primary structures remain discernible as ghosts in the neomorphic mosaic. Gross morphology, original aragonite mineralogy, and hypobasal calcification indicate that the crusts are similar to late Paleozoic phylloid algae and extant peyssonnelid red algae. Structures interpreted as possible conceptacles also suggest possible affinities with the Corallinaceae.Two species of Cloudina, interpreted as the remains of a shelly metazoan, are also known from limestones in the Nama Group. It is possible, therefore, that skeletalization in metaphytes and animals arose nearly simultaneously near the end of the Proterozoic Eon.
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Highfield, Andrea, Angela Ward, Richard Pipe, and Declan C. Schroeder. "Molecular and phylogenetic analysis reveals new diversity of Dunaliella salina from hypersaline environments." Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 101, no. 1 (January 22, 2021): 27–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315420001319.

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AbstractTwelve hyper-β carotene-producing strains of algae assigned to the genus Dunaliella salina have been isolated from various hypersaline environments in Israel, South Africa, Namibia and Spain. Intron-sizing of the SSU rDNA and phylogenetic analysis of these isolates were undertaken using four commonly employed markers for genotyping, LSU rDNA, ITS, rbcL and tufA and their application to the study of Dunaliella evaluated. Novel isolates have been identified and phylogenetic analyses have shown the need for clarification on the taxonomy of Dunaliella salina. We propose the division of D. salina into four sub-clades as defined by a robust phylogeny based on the concatenation of four genes. This study further demonstrates the considerable genetic diversity within D. salina and the potential of genetic analyses for aiding in the selection of prospective economically important strains.
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Maneveldt, G. W., D. W. Keats, and Y. M. Chamberlain. "Synarthrophyton papillatum sp. nov.: A new species of non-geniculate coralline algae (Rhodophyta, Corallinales, Hapalidiaceae) from South Africa and Namibia." South African Journal of Botany 73, no. 4 (November 2007): 570–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2007.05.003.

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Keats, D. W., and G. Maneveldt. "Two new melobesioid algae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta), Synarthrophyton robbenense sp. nov. and S. munimentum sp. nov., in South Africa and Namibia." Phycologia 36, no. 6 (November 1997): 447–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-36-6-447.1.

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Tokarev, D. A., A. V. Plyusnin, A. A. Terleev, N. A. Ivanova, I. V. Varaksina, and A. V. Lipyanina. "NEW RESULTS OF INTEGRATED LITHOFACIES AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHICAL STUDY OF THE LOWER CAMBRIAN OSA HORIZON IN THE SOUTH OF THE SIBERIAN PLATFORM (BOLSHETIRSKAYA 7 WELL)." Geology and mineral resources of Siberia, no. 2 (2021): 56–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.20403/2078-0575-2021-2-56-66.

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The section of the Osa Subformation of the Usolka Formation of the Lower Cambrian Tommotian stage penetrated by the Bolshetirskaya 7 well in the south of the Nepa-Botuoba anteclise has been studied. As a result of lithological-facies investigations, seven lithological types of rocks were identified, they are regularly replaced by each other along the section. Facies environments of the reef complex were dеtected: bar bank, rear part of the reef, organogenic bioherm bildup, reef rear bars, reef buildup, core of reef buildup. In the section of the subformation, three fourth-order sequences are identified. The sequence boundaries are fixed by subaerial hiatuses represented in the core by sedimentation breccias, karst zones. The largest lowering of sea level, in terms of amplitude and duration, is confined to the border of the second and third sequences. The conducted biostratigraphic analysis confirms the Lower Cambrian age. Remains of calcareous algae Renalcis polymorphum, R. gelatinosum, R. granosum, Botomaella zelenovi were found. Small shell fauna of the genus of Namacalathus Grotzinger, Watt ers et Knoll. also was found. It has global distribution in the Lower Vendian (Ediacaran) deposits in Namibia, Brazil, Canada, Oman, Spain, China, Russia, etc.
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GROTZINGER, J., E. W. ADAMS, and S. SCHRÖDER. "Microbial–metazoan reefs of the terminal Proterozoic Nama Group (c. 550–543 Ma), Namibia." Geological Magazine 142, no. 5 (September 2005): 499–517. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756805000907.

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Thrombolite and stromatolite reefs occur at several stratigraphic levels within the terminal Proterozoic Nama Group (c. 550–543 Ma) of central and southern Namibia. The reefs form integral parts of several carbonate platforms within the Nama Group, including the Kuibis platform of the northern Nama Basin (Zaris subbasin), and Huns platform (Witputs subbasin) of the southern Nama Basin. The reefs are composed of both thrombolites and stromatolites that form laterally continuous biostromes, isolated patch reefs, and isolated pinnacle reefs ranging in scale from a metre to several kilometres in width. In the majority of cases, the reefs occur stratigraphically as an integral facies within the transgressive systems tracts of sequences making up the Kuibis and Huns platforms. This suggests that a regime of increasing accommodation was required to form well-developed reefs, though reefs also occur sporadically in highstand systems tract settings. Within a given transgressive systems tract, a regime of increasing accommodation through time favours the transition from sheet-like biostromal geometries to more isolated patch and pinnacle biohermal geometries. Similarly, increasing accommodation in space, such as a transect down depositional dip, shows a similar transition from more sheet-like geometries in updip positions to more isolated geometries in downdip positions. Reefal facies consist of thrombolitic domes, columns and mounds with well-developed internal clotted textures, in addition to stromatolitic domes, columns and mounds, with crudely to moderately well-developed internal lamination. Stromatolites are better developed in conditions of relatively low accommodation, and updip locations, under conditions of higher current velocities and greater sediment influx. Thrombolites are better developed in conditions of relatively high accommodation and low sediment influx. Both types of microbialites are intimately associated with the first calcifying metazoan organisms, which may have attached themselves to the sediment surface or otherwise lived within sheltered depressions within the rough topography created by ecologically complex mats. The appearance of thrombolitic textures during terminal Proterozoic time is consistent with colonization of cyanobacterial mats by higher algae and metazoans, which would have been an important process in generating clotted textures. Fabrics in the Nama thrombolites are well preserved and show evidence of thrombolitic mesoclots being overgrown by fibrous marine carbonate, interpreted as former aragonite. This was followed by emplacement of geopetal micrite fills, and precipitation of dolomite as an isopachous rim cement, followed by occlusion of remaining porosity by blocky calcite spar.
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van Aarde, Rudi J., Stuart L. Pimm, Robert Guldemond, Ryan Huang, and Celesté Maré. "The 2020 elephant die-off in Botswana." PeerJ 9 (January 11, 2021): e10686. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10686.

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The cause of deaths of 350 elephants in 2020 in a relatively small unprotected area of northern Botswana is unknown, and may never be known. Media speculations about it ignore ecological realities. Worse, they make conjectures that can be detrimental to wildlife and sometimes discredit conservation incentives. A broader understanding of the ecological and conservation issues speaks to elephant management across the Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area that extends across Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Our communication addresses these. Malicious poisoning and poaching are unlikely to have played a role. Other species were unaffected, and elephant carcases had their tusks intact. Restriction of freshwater supplies that force elephants to use pans as a water source possibly polluted by blue-green algae blooms is a possible cause, but as yet not supported by evidence. No other species were involved. A contagious disease is the more probable one. Fences and a deep channel of water confine these elephants’ dispersal. These factors explain the elephants’ relatively high population growth rate despite a spell of increased poaching during 2014–2018. While the deaths represent only ~2% of the area’s elephants, the additive effects of poaching and stress induced by people protecting their crops cause alarm. Confinement and relatively high densities probably explain why the die-off occurred only here. It suggests a re-alignment or removal of fences that restrict elephant movements and limits year-round access to freshwater.
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Retallack, Gregory J. "Were the Ediacaran fossils lichens?" Paleobiology 20, no. 4 (1994): 523–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0094837300012975.

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Ediacaran fossils are taphonomically similar to impressions of fossil plants common in quartz sandstones, and the relief of the fossils suggests that they were as resistant to compaction during burial as some kinds of Pennsylvanian tree trunks. Fossils of jellyfish are known from siderite nodules and fine-grained limestone, and even in these compaction-resistant media were more compressed during burial than were the Vendobionta. Vendobionta were constructed of materials that responded to burial compaction in a way intermediate between conifer and lycopsid logs. This comparative taphonomic study thus falsifies the concept of Vendobionta as thin soft-bodied creatures such as worms and jellyfish.Lichens, with their structural chitin, present a viable model for the observed preservational style of Vendobionta, as well as for a variety of other features that now can be reassessed from this new perspective. The diversity of Ediacaran body plans can be compared with the variety of form in fungi, algae, and lichens. The large size (ca. 1 m) of some Ediacaran fossils is reasonable for sessile photosynthetic symbioses, and much bigger than associated burrows of metazoans not preserved. Microscopic tubular structures and darkly pigmented cells in permineralized late Precambrian fossils from Namibia and China are also compatible with interpretation as lichens. The presumed marine habitat of Ediacaran fossils is not crucial to interpretation as lichens, because fungi and lichens live in the sea as well as on land.
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van Aarde, Rudi J., Stuart L. Pimm, Robert Guldemond, Ryan Huang, and Celesté Maré. "The 2020 elephant die-off in Botswana." PeerJ 9 (January 11, 2021): e10686. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10686.

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The cause of deaths of 350 elephants in 2020 in a relatively small unprotected area of northern Botswana is unknown, and may never be known. Media speculations about it ignore ecological realities. Worse, they make conjectures that can be detrimental to wildlife and sometimes discredit conservation incentives. A broader understanding of the ecological and conservation issues speaks to elephant management across the Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area that extends across Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Our communication addresses these. Malicious poisoning and poaching are unlikely to have played a role. Other species were unaffected, and elephant carcases had their tusks intact. Restriction of freshwater supplies that force elephants to use pans as a water source possibly polluted by blue-green algae blooms is a possible cause, but as yet not supported by evidence. No other species were involved. A contagious disease is the more probable one. Fences and a deep channel of water confine these elephants’ dispersal. These factors explain the elephants’ relatively high population growth rate despite a spell of increased poaching during 2014–2018. While the deaths represent only ~2% of the area’s elephants, the additive effects of poaching and stress induced by people protecting their crops cause alarm. Confinement and relatively high densities probably explain why the die-off occurred only here. It suggests a re-alignment or removal of fences that restrict elephant movements and limits year-round access to freshwater.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Algae – Namibia"

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Gunnarsson, Helena, and Ana-Maria Sanseovic. "Possible Linkages Between Algae Toxins in Drinking Water and Related Illnesses in Windhoek, Namibia." Thesis, Kristianstad University College, School of Engineering, 2001. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-4761.

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The sub-tropical climate in Namibia, together with nutrients in the water, creates a good environment for phytoplankton, especially cyanobacteria. Many of these produce toxins that can be harmful to people and animals. One of the algal toxins is microcystin. This toxin is hepatotoxic, i.e. the primary toxic effect is on the liver. Cases of gastro-enteritis, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, muscle weakness and paralysis have been associated with the consumption of water containing high numbers of blue-green algae all over the world.

The aim of this study was to chart the possible linkages between algae toxins in drinking water and related illnesses in Windhoek. The results showed an annual seasonal variation in gastrointestinal problems and high levels of liver-enzymes. It also showed a relationship between the concentration of chlorophyll-a in the drinking water and the cases of people suffering from diarrhoea.

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Tsanigab, Salomon M. "Evaluating Namibian macrophytic algae as dietary source for South African abalone (Haliotis midae)." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1657.

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Thesis (Msc Food Sc (Food Science))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.
An 84-day study was conducted to find a suitable diet and feeding level for the culture of South African abalone (Haliotis midae) in Namibia. Two experimental diets, namely, a seaweed diet (SWD) Laminaria pallida (macrophytic algae) and a formulated diet (FD) (macro-algae), for use in abalone (Haliotis midae) feed development, were evaluated. The animals used in this study were juveniles (24.33 ± 3.14 mm shell length; 2.72 ± 0.83 g live weight, mean ± SE) and sub-adults (58.07 ± 10.33 mm shell length and 41.96 ± 20.61 g live weight, mean ± SE). The nutrient profile of the SWD and FD displayed no differences in the protein and carbohydrate levels. Crude protein levels ranged from 4.91 to 17.68% (dry matter (DM) basis). The lipid levels in the FD (0.25%) were almost 0.56% lower than that in the SWD (0.76%). The feed conversion ratio (FCR) and protein efficiency ratio (PER) for the sub-adult abalone ranged from 2.80 to 10.90 and 0.10 to 0.40, respectively. The juvenile abalone fed on the FD yielded significantly lower (P < 0.05) FCRs (0.8) and higher PERs (1.20) than their counterparts fed on the SWD. A similar trend was observed for the sub-adult abalone although the differences were not significant (P > 0.05). The relative growth rate (RGR) of juvenile fed on the FD was 25% lower compared to those fed on the SWD, while that of the sub-adult abalone fed on the FD was 29% lower compared to the abalone fed on the SWD. From the daily growth rate (DGR) in terms of daily body weight (DGRBW) calculated after the 84-day period, repeated-measures ANOVA (RANOVA) indicated no interaction between time period and diet. Although slightly lower, the DGRBW for the juvenile abalone fed on the SWD diet (0.033 g/day) did not differ significantly from the DGRBW of abalone fed on the FD (0.079 g/day). In contrast, sub-adult abalone fed on the SWD exhibited significantly higher DGRBW compared to those fed on the FD. Although the abalone fed on the FD was slightly higher in nutritional content, there was no significantly difference (P > 0.05) in the nutritional profile of the abalone soft body tissue fed on either the SWD or FD. There was no significant (P > 0.05) difference in preference when comparing the aroma of the abalone meat samples fed on either the SWD or FD. However, there was a significant difference (P < 0.05) in the consumers’ preference in terms of flavour for the abalone sample fed on the FD. The trained taste panel results indicated that there was no difference in the aroma and flavour of the abalone fed on the different diets (P > 0.05). This study showed that cultured juvenile H. midae, readily accepted a FD, producing high consumption and survival rates. The FD still warrants further refinement and testing for it to become a more effective mariculture feed with commercial potential.
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Sirunda, Johannes Jaime. "The effects of water transfer from Swakoppoort and Omatako Dams on the water quality of Von Bach Dam, Namibia." University of the Western Cape, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5413.

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In the Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia, water is transferred from Swakoppoort and Omatako Dams into Von Bach Dam to limit evaporation losses and bring water closer to the purification plant. There is a gap in the knowledge about the effects on water quality in Von Bach Dam due to water transfer from Swakoppoort and Omatako Dams, as previous studies on such aspects in the area do not exist. The study objective was to; (a) characterise water quality of the three dams, (b) determine whether water transfers affect the water quality of Von Bach Dam, (c) determine if the treatment of water abstracted from Von Bach Dam for potable water supply has been influenced by water quality changes arising from water transfers. Four sampling locations were established in Von Bach Dam, one in Swakoppoort Dam, and one in Omatako Dam. Water samples were collected in these three dams weekly. Two senior officers responsible for water treatment were interviewed about possible water treatment problems arising from the water transfer. Descriptive statistics, ANOVA and correlation were carried out to analyse the data. The results showed that, secchi disk depths, total phosphorus, orthophosphate, ammonia, dissolved organic carbon, chlorophyll a and microcystis were statistically different in the three dams at a 5% significance level. Upstream land uses, geology of the catchment and water stratification are likely to influence the water quality in the three dams. During water transfers into Von Bach Dam, secchi disk depths, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, iron, total phosphorus, ammonia (NH₄-N) and chlorophyll a were statistically different at a 5% significance level at all the four sampling locations within this dam. These differences are due to the influence of water transfers. The influence of water transfers on water quality was localised at the discharge points SL4 (at the inflow of Von Bach Dam) and SL1 (at the outflow of Von Bach Dam). Water treatment problems due to high ammonia, dissolved organic carbon, and turbidity in the water abstracted from Von Bach Dam occurred during water transfers and runoff from the catchment. This view was supported by the study findings.
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Books on the topic "Algae – Namibia"

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Lluch, Jordi Rull. Marine benthic algae of Namibia. Barcelona, Spain: Institut de Ciències del Mar, 2002.

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Donors Consultative Meeting on the Regional Project Sustainable Development from Africa's Biodiversity (2004 Windhoek, Namibia). Proceedings of the Donor's Consultative Meeting on the Regional Project Sustainable Development from Africa's Biodiversity: Windhoek, Namibia, April 14-15, 2004. Windhoek, Namibia: ZERI Regional Project, University of Namibia, 2004.

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