IN THE SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN* SUMMARYWaters of the southern African east coast are characterized by the Agulhas Current and related circulatory systems, a narrow continental shelf, the entry of many rivers into the sea and pronounced longshore sediment transport. An attempt is made to elucidate the response of marine life and in particular planktonic organisms, spiny lobsters, marine turtles, sharks, and estuarine and marine teleost fishes to this environmental regime. OPSOMMINGDie waters van die suidelike ooskus van Afrika word gekenmerk deur die Agulhasstroom en verwante patrone van watersirkulasie, 'n smal vastelandsplat, die invloei van ' n groot getal riviere en grootskaalse sedimentvervoer parallel met die kus. In hierdie referaat word gepoog om die reaksie van mariene organismes, veral plankton, krewe, seeskilpaaie, haaie, en estuariene-en mariene teleost visse tot hierdie omgewingsregime uiteen te sit.

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