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Charles L. Griffiths

Charles L. Griffiths

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
56
Citations
10184
World Ranking
2868
National Ranking
32

Overview

Charles L. Griffiths is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa and conducts research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, Aquatic Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, and Systematics.

Their research focuses on topics related to marine biology and ecology, crustacean biology and ecology, ichthyology and marine biology, marine animal studies, fish ecology and management, fish biology and ecology, and turtle biology and conservation.

Noteworthy recent publications include:

  • Multi-decade catches of manta rays (Mobula alfredi, M. birostris) from South Africa reveal significant decline, 2023, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Evidence of Závora Bay as a critical site for reef manta rays, Mobula alfredi, in southern Mozambique, 2022, Journal of Fish Biology
  • The Status of South Africa's Freshwater Fish Fauna: A Spatial Analysis of Diversity, Threat, Invasion, and Protection, 2023, Fishes
  • Finding the sweet spot: drilling precision on shelled molluscs by Octopus vulgaris type III in False Bay, South Africa, 2023, Marine Biology
  • How the Freshwater Biodiversity Information System (FBIS) is supporting national freshwater fish conservation decisions in South Africa, 2023, Frontiers in Environmental Science

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Charles L. Griffiths include:

  • Jannes Landschoff
  • T Botha
  • Michelle Carpenter
  • Mohammed Kajee
  • Jeremy M. Shelton

Their work has been published in various venues, with multiple publications in sources such as Zootaxa, Marine Biology, and African Journal of Marine Science. Other venues include Frontiers in Marine Science and Fishes.

Best Publications

  • Two oceans: A guide to the marine life of southern Africa

    G. Branch;C.L. Griffiths;M.L. Branch;L.E. Beckley

  • Field Guide to Insects of South Africa

    M. Picker;C. Griffiths;A. Weaving

  • Marine biodiversity in South Africa: an evaluation of current states of knowledge.

    Charles L. Griffiths;Tamara B. Robinson;Louise Lange;Angela Mead

  • Marine alien species of South Africa — status and impacts

    TB Robinson;CL Griffiths;CD McQuaid;M Rius

  • Marine invasive aliens on South African shores: implications for community structure and tropillc functioning

    C. L. Griffiths;P. A. R. Hockey;C. Van Erkom Schurink;P. J. Le Roux

  • A framework for engaging stakeholders on the management of alien species

    Ana Novoa;Ross Shackleton;Susan Canavan;Cathleen Cybèle

  • Kelp Wrack and the Flow of Energy through a Sandy Beach Ecosystem

    C. L. Griffiths;J. M. E. Stenton-Dozey;K. Koop

  • A comparison of reproductive cycles and reproductive output in four southern African mussel species

    C. van Erkom Schurink;CL Griffiths

  • The fauna and rate of degradation of stranded kelp

    C.L. Griffiths;J. Stenton-Dozey

  • Alien and Invasive Animals: A South African Perspective

    Mike Picker;Charles L. Griffiths

  • Energy Balance and Significance of Microorganisms in a Kelp Bed Community

    RC Newell;JG Field;CL Griffiths

  • Ecosystem change in the southern Benguela and the underlying processes

    Laura K. Blamey;Lynne J. Shannon;John J. Bolton;Robert J.M. Crawford

  • The Amphipoda of Southern Africa: 5. The Gammaridea and Caprellidea of the Cape Province west of Cape Agulhas

    C.L. Griffiths

  • The ecology of kelp bed communities in the Benguela upwelling system

    B. Velimirov;J. G. Field;C. L. Griffiths;P. Zoutendyk

  • Wave-Induced Kelp Movement and its Importance for Community Structure

    B. Velimirov;C. L. Griffiths

  • Residency, habitat use and sexual segregation of white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias in False Bay, South Africa.

    Alison Kock;M. Justin O’Riain;Katya Mauff;Michael Meÿer

  • The relative significance of bacteria, meio- and macrofauna on an exposed sandy beach

    K. Koop;C. L. Griffiths

  • Revealing the scale of marine bioinvasions in developing regions: a South African re-assessment

    A. Mead;J. T. Carlton;C. L. Griffiths;M. Rius;M. Rius

  • Some relationships between size, food availability and energy balance in the ribbed mussel Aulacomya ater.

    C. L. Griffiths;J. A. King

  • The effect of size and temperature on the predation of cockles Cerastoderma edule (L.) by the shore crab Carcinus maenas (L.)

    M.E. Sanchez-Salazar;C.L. Griffiths;R. Seed

Frequent Co-Authors

Tamara B. Robinson
Tamara B. Robinson Stellenbosch University
George M. Branch
George M. Branch University of Cape Town
Marc Rius
Marc Rius University of Southampton
Christopher D. McQuaid
Christopher D. McQuaid Rhodes University
John G. Field
John G. Field University of Cape Town
David C. Le Maitre
David C. Le Maitre Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
John R. U. Wilson
John R. U. Wilson South African National Biodiversity Institute
David M. Richardson
David M. Richardson Stellenbosch University
James T. Carlton
James T. Carlton Williams College
Lynnath E. Beckley
Lynnath E. Beckley Murdoch University

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