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This assessment ultimately provides a platform for regional governance development at the basin scale and Earth Stewardship science in East Africa. These changes require transdisciplinary action from researchers to civil society. The AAC provides the foundation for understanding the dynamics of the systems that support life across broader spatial and temporal resolutions in Africa, highlighting the need for future generations to build socio-ecological resilience to anticipate challenges such as biodiversity loss posed by climate change and excessive land cover change.]]> Thu 09 Mar 2023 15:39:54 SAST ]]> https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:71664 Thu 07 Mar 2024 09:37:04 SAST ]]> https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:71946 Thu 04 Apr 2024 20:35:40 SAST ]]> https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:71940 Thu 04 Apr 2024 19:46:33 SAST ]]> https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:71930 Thu 04 Apr 2024 18:57:36 SAST ]]> https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:71925 Thu 04 Apr 2024 16:51:48 SAST ]]> https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:61087 Thu 02 Mar 2023 14:38:12 SAST ]]> https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:65792 Sun 21 Jan 2024 14:23:44 SAST ]]> https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:70255 Sun 21 Jan 2024 14:17:15 SAST ]]> https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:72177 Sun 21 Apr 2024 08:48:55 SAST ]]> https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:49972 Sun 02 Jul 2023 12:24:22 SAST ]]> https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:70537 Sat 25 May 2024 13:49:18 SAST ]]> https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:70539 Sat 25 May 2024 11:21:54 SAST ]]> https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:72163 Sat 20 Apr 2024 18:50:59 SAST ]]> https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:72153 5-meters depth) and (0.5-meter depth) from the water surface at each lake during summer and winter season. The results were consistent with our hypothesis that both phytoplankton and aquatic macroinvertebrate species composition were influenced by physico-chemical parameters and that the differences in salinity concentration and aquatic vegetation between CL, FIL, and SIL were the driving factors for phytoplankton and aquatic macroinvertebrate species composition. In summary, one hundred and twenty-two phytoplankton taxa were collected and identified during this study, belonging to seven Phyla which included Chlorophyta, Bacillariophyta, Cyanophyta, Chrysophyta, Dinophyta, Euglenophyta, and Cryptophyta. The most abundant phytoplankton groups were Bacillariophyta and Chlorophyta. Phytoplankton relative taxa abundance, Pielou’s evenness, taxa richness, and Shannon diversity were significantly different between lake types. Aquatic macroinvertebrates, on the other hand, summed up to 10 orders, 67 families, and 80 taxa. The most abundant group were the order Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Odonata, and Gastropoda. Aquatic macroinvertebrate relative taxa abundance, taxa richness, and Shannon diversity were also significantly different between lake types. Aquatic macroinvertebrate relative taxa abundance, Pielous evenness, and Shannon diversity index were not significant between seasons, and only taxa richness was significant. Canonical analysis of principal coordinates (CAP) results further showed unique and distinct phytoplankton and aquatic macroinvertebrates community composition between lake types. The present study provides baseline biodiversity inventory (or species list) for important lake ecosystems biological indicators i.e., phytoplankton and aquatic macroinvertebrates and species composition in relation to lake type for six freshwater lakes in South Africa. Furthermore, the study provides empirical evidence that will inform policy and the development of management strategies for freshwater lakes in South Africa which is currently missing. The current study will also contribute to the next National Biodiversity Assessment Report (2024), concerning the freshwater lakes biological data deficiency noted in the previous NBA (2018) report. 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This study revealed seasonal shifts in mesozooplankton taxa succession from spring herbivorous/omnivorous, dominated by copepods, to summer omnivorous/carnivorous mesozooplankton, dominated by copepods, Noctiluca sp., Cladocera, doliolids, salps and siphonophores. The mesozooplankton integrated abundance (mean ± standard error) increased from spring to summer, with 101 ± 26 (min. – max.: 18 – 200) x 103 ind m¯ 2 and 422 ± 80 (min. – max.: 37 – 1056) x 103 ind m¯ 2 , respectively. In summer, mesozooplankton composition was affected by the passage of a Natal Pulse, identified from satellite-derived sea level anomaly data. This study also provided the first vertical profiles of copepod distributions and suspended particles in Algoa Bay, with a peak of small particle (< 1 mm ESD) biomass close to the bottom and often, but not systematically, higher copepod abundances above the thermocline. 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