Tufa stromatolite ecosystems on the South African south coast

• Published in: South African Journal of Science Vol. 110; no. 9-10; p. 1
• Main Authors: Perissinotto, Renzo, Bornman, Tommy G, Steyn, Paul-Pierre, Miranda, Nelson A F, Dorrington, Rosemary A, Matcher, Gwynneth F, Strydom, Nadine, Peer, Nasreen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pretoria African Online Scientific Information Systems (Pty) Ltd t/a AOSIS 01.09.2014; Academy of Science of South Africa
• Subjects: Algae; Aquatic plants; barrage pools; Chlorophyll; Ecosystems; Environmental aspects; microbialites; Salinity; South Africa; Studies; Tufa; tufa stromatolites; waterfall deposits; South Africa; Western Australia Australia; PSW, South Africa, Eastern Cape, Cape Recife

Following the first description of living marine stromatolites along the South African east coast, new investigations along the south coast have revealed the occurrence of extensive fields of actively calcifying stromatolites. These stromatolites have been recorded at regular distances along a 200-k...