The life-giving properties of water
Adaptations to life in fresh water
Physical and chemical characteristics of fresh waters
Human activity in aquatic ecosystems
The effects of human activities on our health
Restoration of rivers and wetlands
Conservation of biodiversity and freshwater ecosystems
Ecosystem services provided by freshwater systems
Management of water and aquatic ecosystems in South Africa
Classifying plants and animals
1 Mammals – Class Mammalia
Gary Bronner
2 Birds – Class Aves
Peter Ryan
3 Reptiles – Class Reptilia
Graham Alexander
4 Amphibians – Class Amphibia
Louis du Preez and Vincent Carruthers
5 Fishes – Class Osteichthyes
Paul Skelton
6 Molluscs – Phylum Mollusca
Chris Appleton and Nelson Miranda
7 Springtails – Subclass Collembola
Charlene Janion-Scheepers
8 Mayflies – Order Ephemeroptera
Helen M. Barber-James
9 Damselflies and dragonflies – Order Odonata
Warwick Tarboton
10 Stoneflies – Order Plecoptera
Duncan Stevens and Mike Picker
11 Earwigs, crickets and grasshoppers – Orders Dermaptera and Orthoptera
Fabian Haas
12 Bugs – Order Hemiptera
Patrick Reavell
13 Dobsonflies, fishflies and alderflies – Order Megaloptera
Mike Picker and Duncan Stevens
14 Water beetles – Order Coleoptera
Riaan Stals
15 Flies – Order Diptera
Stephen A. Marshall and Greg W. Courtney
16 Caddisflies – Order Trichoptera
Ferdy de Moor
17 Arachnids – Class Arachnida
Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman and Jenny Day
18 Crabs, prawns and crayfish – Order Decapoda
Savel Daniels
19 Amphipods and isopods – Superorder Peracarida
Charles Griffiths
20 Branchiopods (gill-footed shrimps) – Class Branchiopoda
Jenny Day
21 Copepods and their allies – Subclass Copepoda
Cecile Reed
22 Ostracods (seed shrimps) – Class Ostracoda
Koen Martens
23 Bryozoans (moss animals) – Phylum Bryozoa
Beth Okamura
25 Flowering plants (angiosperms) – Class Magnoliopsida
Carin van Ginkel
26 Mosses, liverworts and hornworts – Subkingdom Embryophyta
Terry Hedderson
27 Ferns – Phylum Pterophyta
Carin van Ginkel
28 Protists – Kingdom Protista
Sanet Janse van Vuuren, Jonathan Taylor and Jenny Day
29 Prokaryotes – Domains Archaea and Bacteria
Sanet Janse van Vuuren
Assessing the health of an ecosystem