Browsing by Subject "Perna perna"
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The assessment of organic pollutant exposure and effects along the KwaZulu-Natal coastline
(2015)Marine pollution monitoring has been active in South Africa for the past 40 years, but with large periods of neglect where no research has been done. South Africa is ideally situated along the primary global shipping ... -
Monitoring metals in South African harbours between 2008 and 2009, using resident mussels as indicator organisms
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)More than 65% of the South African coastline is threatened as a result of pollution, a large proportion of which is land derived. To date the majority of published data on metal monitoring ... -
The usefulness of transplantation studies in monitoring of metals in the marine environment: South African experience
(Elsevier, 2014)Due to their close proximity to the point sources of pollution, estuaries and harbours are exposed to metals. Mussels are used worldwide to monitor marine pollution due to their ability to take up contaminants and the ease ...