Current Masters students

Whitney Samuels: Microplastic concentrations in the Zandvlei Catchment Area and Estuary, Cape Town.

Liam Ferguson: Environmental microplastic exposure and uptake in selected filter-feeding, grazing and scavenging invertebrates of a rocky shore in False Bay, South Africa.

Danielle Julius: Environmental concentration and uptake of microplastics in selected sea cucumbers and sea urchins (Echinodermata) in South Africa.

Rushdi Ariefdien: Impacts of Cape Town stormwater outlets and marine sewage outfall on microplastic distribution and coastal biodiversity.

Wakuenda Alex Bukasa: Temporal distribution of microplastics in Table Bay, Cape Town.

Sanjay John: Factors relating to catch per unit effort in the exploratory Octopus vulgaris pot fishery of South Africa.

Co-supervising:

Asmat Khan (Environmental Management): Microplastic Pollution in the Diep (Milnerton) River: Exposure and Effects Studies.

Sihle Mlonyeni (Environmental Management): Influence of wastewater treatment plant discharge on the water quality of the Veldwachters River, Western Cape

Komlan Mawuko Apetogbor: (Environmental Management): Ecological and human health risk assessment of microplastics in the Plankenburg (Stellenbosch) River, Stellenbosch Western Cape

Alumni:

Masters Students

Jason Hayden: A multi-species mariculture system: A holistic approach to ornamental culture

James Glass: The fishery and biology of the rock lobster Jasus tristani at the Tristan da Cunha island group

Co-Supervised:

Elizabeth Lukas: Effectiveness of the Dissolved Air Floatation (DAF) Plant in treating industrial effluent processes at Etosha Fishing Corporation, Walvis Bay, Namibia

Taryn Joshua: Spatial variability of macro-benthic invertebrate assemblages in the Kogelberg Region, focusing on the Betty’s Bay Marine Protected Area

Samantha Ockhuis: The “Suitcase Hypothesis” – can eddies provide a pathway for gene flow between Madagascar and KZN?

Tamaryn Morris: Physical oceanography of Sodwana Bay and its effect on larval transport and coral bleaching

Lisa Hancke: Dynamics of the Tsitsikamma jet current and its implications for larval transport of chokka squid (Loligo vulgaris reynaudii) on the Eastern Agulhas Bank.

Gavin Louw: Monitoring the dynamics of the Agulhas Current System off Port Edward, Kwazulu-Natal

Johan De Goede: Spatial and temporal variability in lipid content and gonadosomatic index of sardine (Sardinops sagax) in the southern Benguela ecosystem

Current PG Dip student

Aldean Esau: Characteristics and concentrations of microplastics in the Zandvlei Estuary

Current:

Previous (BTech: Oceanography and Adv Dip: Marine Science):

Jonathan Lassen: The presence and prevalence of microplastics along the west coast of Cape Town, South Africa

Venecia van Balla: The presence and prevalence of microplastics in False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa

Sandisiwe Gwadela: Microplastics in selected invertebrates in the Western Cape, South AfricaBianca Jooste: The effects of microplastic size and concentration on the filtration rates of the Mediterranean mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis

John-Charles Goeieman: Determining the uptake of different sample sizes of microplastics in sea urchins

Jade Maneveld: Microplastics in Seafood (mussels) in supermarkets within the Western Cape

Stiaan Immelman: Microplastic concentrations within the digestive tract of marine fish found of the South coast of South Africa

Nkosazana Vanto: Concentrations of microplastics in sediment, water and Biota (Barnacles and Mussels) in False Bay, South Africa

Sesethu Luzipo: Quantification of the microplastics concentrations in the water, sediments and within two feeding types on the west coast beaches of Cape Town

Rodashia Basson: Microplastics concentrations in the water, sediments and mussels in Cape Town

Robyn Morton: Distribution of microplastics in Zandvlei Estuary

Matthew Gatinho: Spatial distribution of microplastics in the surface water and sediments of the Salt River system in the Western Cape, South Africa

Liam Ferguson: Assessment of the severity of imposex along the Western Cape coastline, South Africa

Aidann Washer: Early stage microfouling on plastic beads

Siviwe Yuyu: Antifouling paint particle contamination in Simon’s Town, Cape Town

Deen Hill: Microplastic abundance in Mytilus galloprovincialis found in Table Bay Harbour

Whitney Samuels: Identifying suitable biomonitors of coastal contaminants in South Africa: mussels vs whelks

Annie Coetzee: An assessment of the environmental parameters and macrobenthic invertebrate species of the Bot River, South Africa

Bernacia Mullins: Metal concentrations in Mytilus galloprovincialis in the Helderberg Marine Protected Areas, False Bay

Christopher Parker: Abalone densities inside Betty’s Bay Marine Protected Area compared to an area outside of the reserve from Cape Hangklip to Holbaai Point

Miriame Bouanga: Metal accumulation in Mytillis galloprovincialis in Scarborough and Bloubergstrand, South Africa

Steven Britz: The benthic invertebrates of Bot Estuary, South Africa: A comparison study between a closed and open mouth state of a Temporarily Open/Closed Estuary (TOCE) with emphasis on the benthic invertebrates