A common language for describing inland aquatic ecosystems in South Africa

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Aquatic ecosystems A common language for the description of wetlands and other inland aquatic systems in South Africa, which can be used for a number of different applications, has been published in the form of a User Manual. This lays down guidelines for using a nationally applicable classification system that has been developed for wetlands and other inland aquatic ecosystems. Petro Kotzé spoke to Dean Ollis of the Freshwater Consulting Group, one of the many people involved in the development of the classification system, to find out more about the system in general and the User Manual. Fresh off the printing press (published this April), the challenge is now to spread the word far and wide so as to facilitate acceptance of the system across a wide spectrum of potential users.

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