Bio-accumulation of selected metals in the organs and tissues of the redknobbed coot, Fulica cristata, reed cormorant, Phalacrocorax africanus and sacred ibis, Threskiornis aethiopicus, in mine and industrial polluted freshwater ecosystems

Ph.D. (Zoology) === The present study deals with the effects of metal-polluted aquatic habitats at five different localities on the Witwatersrand and the Orange Free State on the concentrations of lead, nickel, copper and cadmium in the organs and tissues of the Redknobbed Coot, Fulica cristata, the...

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Main Author: Van Eeden, Pieter Hermanus
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10210/10520