Biophysical Surveys of Zinkwazi & Nonoti Estuarie
ORI Unpublished Report No. 310 Biophysical Assessments of the Zinkwazi & Nonoti Estuaries: High & Low Flow Surveys December 2013 Zinkwazi Beach Ratepayers and Residents Compiled For: Association Lower Tugela Biodiversity Protection Project Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund Funded By: & through Wildlands Conservation Trust Compiled By: Fiona MacKay Oceanographic Jill Sheppard Research Bronwyn Goble Institute In Collaboration Council for With: Scientific & Steven Weerts Industrial Research ORI Unpublished Report 310 The ORI Unpublished Report Series is intended to document various activities of the Oceanographic Research Institute. This is the research department of the South African Association for Marine Biological Research. Oceanographic Research Institute P.O. Box 10712 Marine Parade, 4056 Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Tel: +27 31 3288222 Fax: +27 31 3288188 Web site: www.ori.org.za © 2013 Oceanographic Research Institute Title: Biophysical Assessments of the Zinkwazi & Nonoti Estuaries: High & Low Flow Surveys Document Creator/s: Fiona MacKay, Jill Sheppard, Steven Weerts & Bronwyn Goble Client/Funding Zinkwazi Beach Ratepayers and Residents Association Agencies: Lower Tugela Biodiversity Protection Project Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund & through Wildlands Conservation Trust Subject and Zinkwazi & Nonoti Estuaries, baseline biophysical surveys, keywords: macrobenthos, ichthyofauna, information for estuarine management plans and environmental flow assessments Description: This study presents data and information gathered during low (winter, July 2012) and high flow (summer, February 2013) surveys conducted in the Zinkwazi and Nonoti Estuaries. An account of the biophysical condition of each system is presented, including additional material on spatial analysis of land use, coastal vulnerability and interpolation of the estuarine physico- chemical habitat as they pertain to input information towards estuarine management plans and estuarine flow assessment studies.
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