Peter R. Teske

TL;DR: This review describes the state of marine phylogeography in southern Africa, that is, the study of evolutionary relationships at the species level, or amongst closely related species, in relation to the region’s marine environment, and focuses particularly on coastal phylegeography.

TL;DR: In this article, three major habitat zones were identified: two relating to substrate (a sand zone and a mud zone), and a third zone characterised by water of low salinity (≤2.2).

TL;DR: The results suggest that local selection can pro- duce genetic structure opposite to that predicted by oceanographic data and that determining the population structure of indigenous species with similar larval dispersal can help to understand domain expansion of invading species.

TL;DR: The amount of genetic structure within marine biogeographic regions strongly depends on the presence or absence of free-swimming larvae, and whether or not they are capable of active dispersal seems to have little effect on connectivity among populations.

TL;DR: In this article, 13 estuaries in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, were broadly categorised according to size and salinity distribution and were assigned to one of the following categories: permanently open estuarial having a strong salinity gradient between mouth and upper estuary, freshwater-deprived permanently open, medium-sized temporarily open/closed estuary, and small, temporarily open or closed.