Marine Biology in South Africa

Abstract

SINCE 1932, an ecological survey of the South African coast has been in progress, carried out from the Departments of Botany and Zoology of the University of Cape Town. The survey is necessarily expensive, since it extends from Durban in the east to Port Nolloth in the west, covering a coastline between one and two thousand miles in length, parts of which are almost inaccessible. The expenses were defrayed, in the early stages, by the University of Cape Town and the South African Research Grant Board, with some private contributions; and assistance has also been received from the Royal Society of London. At the present time, expenses are being met from a generous grant made to the University by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.