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The role of fish helminth parasites in monitoring metal pollution in aquatic ecosystems: a case study in the world's most productive platinum mining region
(Springer, 2020)
Due to the increasing consumption of platinum (Pt), especially in automobile exhaust catalysts, environmental concentrations of Pt are of emerging concern worldwide. Limited information exists on environmental concentrations, ...
Biomarker responses in the freshwater shrimp Caridina nilotica as indicators of persistent pollutant exposure
(Springer, 2020)
Biomarkers are applied as early warning indicators of organisms’ exposure to pollutants. The aim of this study was to utilise a multi-biomarker approach in the freshwater shrimp Caridina nilotica (Decapoda: Atyidae) as ...
Behavioural response as a reliable measure of acute nanomaterial toxicity in zebrafish larvae exposed to a carbon-based versus a metal-based nanomaterial
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
Production, use and disposal of products containing nanomaterials can lead to an increased presence of these particles in the environment and exposure to the organisms found there. It is therefore becoming increasingly ...
Long-term water quality patterns of a flow regulated tropical lowland river
(MDPI, 2020)
Floodplain ecosystems in Africa are under threat due to direct anthropogenic pressure and climate change. The lower Phongolo River and associated floodplain is South Africa’s largest inland floodplain ecosystem and has ...
Playing with food: detection of prey injury cues stimulates increased functional foraging traits in Xenopus laevis
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
Animal behavioural traits determine trophic interaction strength, which in turn structures ecological communities. Behavioural responses to prey cues can inform upon how prey are perceived and detected and therefore determine ...
Foreword. African journal of aquatic science.
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
Acute exposure to environmentally relevant lead levels induces oxidative stress and neurobehavioral alterations in larval zebrafish (Danio rerio)
(Elsevier, 2020)
The ubiquitous contamination of environmental lead (Pb) remains a worldwide threat. Improper Pb mine waste disposal from an abandoned lead-zinc mine has recently unearthed widespread Pb poisoning in children in Kabwe Zambia. ...
Macrobenthic communities in selected river-dominated estuaries in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: effects of contrasting environmental variables and seasonal flow changes
(CERF, 2020)
Globally, estuaries are ecologically important, but many are threatened by anthropogenic activities. Macrozoobenthos organisms are suitable ecological indicators in estuaries because they can detect the effects of stress ...
Statement from world aquatic scientific societies on the need to take urgent action against human-caused climate change, based on scientific evidence
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
The Southern African Society of Aquatic Scientists (SASAqS) has a membership of 250, representing individuals and organisations involved in all aspects of aquatic sciences in academia, the private sector ...
Current status and future prognosis of malaria vector control pesticide ecotoxicology and Xenopus sp.
(Springer, 2020)
Anurans from the genus Xenopus have long been used as standard testing organisms and occur naturally in tropical and sub-tropical areas where malaria vector control pesticides are actively used. However, literature on the ...