About the Authors

Thendo Mutshekwa

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

thendomutshekwa@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Freshwater Invertebrates, Albany Museum, Makhanda, South Africa, Institute of Water Research, Rhodes University, Makhanda (Grahamstown), South Africa, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Fulufhelo Mulaudzi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa

Vuledzani P. Maiyana

Roles Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, Florida Science Campus, Florida, South Africa

Lubabalo Mofu

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), Makhanda, South Africa, Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa

Linton F. Munyai

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Aquatic Systems Research Group, School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Mpumalanga, Nelspruit, South Africa

Florence M. Murungweni

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.