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A Conceptual Framework for Using Mussels as Biomonitors in Whole Effluent Toxicity

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A regional-scale ecological risk framework for environmental flow evaluations

Acute Toxicity of Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes to Three Aquatic Organisms

Acute and chronic effects of acidic pH on four subtropical frog species

Acute exposure to environmentally relevant lead levels induces oxidative stress and neurobehavioral alterations in larval zebrafish (Danio rerio)

scientific article published on 19 August 2020

Adsorption, uptake and distribution of gold nanoparticles in Daphnia magna following long term exposure

scientific article published on 25 November 2015

An Assessment of Mercury Contamination and the Relationship Between Environmental Variables and Mercury Concentrations in a Seasonal Wetland

scientific article published on 16 April 2013

An assessment of applicability of existing approaches to predicting the bioaccumulation of conventional substances in nanomaterials

scientific article published on 29 October 2018

Application of a Sediment Quality Index for the assessment and monitoring of metals and organochlorines in a premier conservation area

scientific article published on 23 August 2015

Application of a direct toxicity assessment approach to assess the hazard of potential pesticide exposure at selected sites on the Crocodile and Magalies rivers, South Africa

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Application of artificial mussels (AMs) under South African marine conditions: A validation study

scientific article published on 18 May 2011

Application of multivariate statistics and toxicity indices to evaluate the water quality suitability for fish of three rivers in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

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Application of the relative risk model for evaluation of ecological risk in selected river dominated estuaries in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Aquatic Invertebrate Communities of Perennial Pans in Mpumalanga, South Africa: A Diversity and Functional Approach

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Assessing predator-prey interactions in a chemically altered aquatic environment: the effects of DDT on Xenopus laevis and Culex sp. larvae interactions and behaviour

scientific article published on 05 July 2019

Assessment of DDT contamination in house rat as a possible bioindicator in DDT-sprayed areas from Ethiopia and South Africa.

scientific article published on September 2017

Bioaccumulation and human health risk assessment of DDT and other organochlorine pesticides in an apex aquatic predator from a premier conservation area

scientific article published on February 2016

Bioaccumulation and metal-associated biomarker responses in a freshwater mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, following short-term platinum exposure

scientific article published on 21 November 2018

Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of total mercury in the subtropical Olifants River Basin, South Africa

scientific article published on 30 October 2018

Biomarker Responses in the Freshwater Shrimp Caridina nilotica as Indicators of Persistent Pollutant Exposure

scientific article published on 23 December 2019

Biomarkers in tigerfish (Hydrocynus vittatus) as indicators of metal and organic pollution in ecologically sensitive subtropical rivers.

scientific article published on 5 April 2018

Brown mussels (Perna perna) and semi-permeable membrane devices (SPMDs) as indicators of organic pollutants in the South African marine environment

scientific article published on 11 May 2011

Comparative Aquatic Toxicity of Gold Nanoparticles and Ionic Gold Using a Species Sensitivity Distribution Approach

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Comparative studies on the uptake and effects of cadmium and zinc on the cellular energy allocation of two freshwater gastropods

scientific article published on 15 February 2007

Concentrations and Human Health Risk Assessment of DDT and Its Metabolites in Free-range and Commercial Chicken Products from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

scientific article published on 24 July 2017

Conservation of fishes in the Elands River, Mpumalanga, South Africa: Past, present and future

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Current Status and Future Prognosis of Malaria Vector Control Pesticide Ecotoxicology and Xenopus sp

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Cytotoxicity of Ag, Au and Ag-Au bimetallic nanoparticles prepared using golden rod (Solidago canadensis) plant extract

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DUNE MINING AND THE NHLABANE SYSTEM: CAN BIODIVERSITY AND THE NURSERY FUNCTION BE MAINTAINED?

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) levels in rat livers collected from a malaria vector control region

scientific article published on 23 August 2019

Distribution of perfluorinated compounds (PFASs) in the aquatic environment of the industrially polluted Vaal River, South Africa

scientific article published on 20 February 2018

Distribution, abundance, population structures, and potential impacts of the invasive snail, <i>Tarebia granifera</i> in aquatic ecosystems of north‐eastern South Africa

scientific article published in June 2024

Drought altered trophic dynamics of an important natural saline lake: A stable isotope approach

scientific article published in 2022

Effect of manganese and iron at a neutral and acidic pH on the hematology of the banded tilapia (Tilapia sparrmanii)

scientific article published on 01 October 1992

Fish consumption from urban impoundments: What are the health risks associated with DDTs and other organochlorine pesticides in fish to township residents of a major inland city.

scientific article published on 13 February 2018

Habitat preferences and movement of adult yellowfishes in the Vaal River, South Africa

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Harnessing the rivers of knowledge for socio-economic development, climate adaptation & environmental sustainability

scholarly article by Hodson Makurira et al published 2012 in Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

High element concentrations are not always equivalent to a stressful environment: differential responses of parasite taxa to natural and anthropogenic stressors

scientific article published in 2022

How toxic is a non-toxic nanomaterial: Behaviour as an indicator of effect in Danio rerio exposed to nanogold

scientific article published on 29 August 2019

Human Health Risk from Consumption of Marine Fish Contaminated with DDT and Its Metabolites in Maputo Bay, Mozambique.

scientific article published on 15 March 2018

Implementing water science research to benefit all

scholarly article by Hodson Makurira et al published 2014 in Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Influence of Mining Pollution on Metal Bioaccumulation and Biomarker Responses in Cave Dwelling Fish, Clarias gariepinus

scientific article published on 16 April 2016

Investigation of mRNA expression changes associated with field exposure to DDTs in chickens from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Irrigation water quality and the threat it poses to crop production: evaluating the status of the Crocodile (West) and Marico catchments, South Africa.

scientific article published on 9 February 2018

Laboratory and field studies on the use of artificial mussels as a monitoring tool of platinum exposure in the freshwater environment

scientific article published in 2021

Levels of DDTs and other organochlorine pesticides in healthy wild Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) from a flagship conservation area

scientific article published on 18 September 2020

Linking organochlorine exposure to biomarker response patterns in Anurans: a case study of Müller’s clawed frog (Xenopus muelleri) from a tropical malaria vector control region

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Metal accumulation in riverine macroinvertebrates from a platinum mining region

scientific article published on 31 October 2019

Metal concentrations in Hydrocynus vittatus (Castelnau 1861) populations from a premier conservation area: Relationships with environmental concentrations.

scientific article published on 19 March 2016

Metal enrichment and contamination in a karst cave associated with anthropogenic activities in the Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa

Metal exposure and biological responses in resident and transplanted blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) from the Scheldt estuary

scientific article published on 8 May 2008

Metallothionein Induction as Indicator of Low Level Metal Exposure to Aquatic Macroinvertebrates from a Relatively Unimpacted River System in South Africa

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Oxygen consumption rate of Caenorhabditis elegans as a high-throughput endpoint of toxicity testing using the Seahorse XFe96 Extracellular Flux Analyzer

scientific article published on 06 March 2020

PCR amplification and DNA sequence of mcyA gene: the distribution profile of a toxigenic Microcystis aeruginosa in the Hartbeespoort Dam, South Africa.

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Past, Present and Future use of Municipal Water and Freshwater Resources of the Bekkersdal Community, Westonaria, South Africa

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Past, present and future: a reflection on 40 years of aquatic research in the Department of Zoology at the Rand Afrikaans University/University of Johannesburg

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Perfluorinated compounds in the aquatic food chains of two subtropical estuaries

scientific article published on 24 November 2019

Persistent organic pollutants in the Olifants River Basin, South Africa: Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer through a subtropical aquatic food web.

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Pesticide/herbicide pollutants in the Kafue River and a preliminary investigation into their biological effect through catalase levels in fish.

scientific article published in November 2006

Pesticides in South African fresh waters

Platinum group elements in stream sediments of mining zones: The Hex River (Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa)

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Playing with food: Detection of prey injury cues stimulates increased functional foraging traits in <i>Xenopus laevis</i>

scientific article published in 2020

Polyethylene glycol (5,000) succinate conjugate of lopinavir and its associated toxicity using Danio rerio as a model organism

scientific article published on 16 July 2020

Potential use of dissolved cyanobacterial DNA for monitoring toxic Microcystis cyanobacteria in filtered water

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Prioritizing agricultural pesticides used in South Africa based on their environmental mobility and potential human health effects.

scientific article published on 23 October 2013

Putting science into practice

scholarly article by Hodson Makurira et al published January 2013 in Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Response of zooplankton communities to altered water quality and seasonal flow changes in selected river dominated estuaries in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Richards Bay Harbour: metal exposure monitoring over the last 34 years.

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Risk Assessment of Water Quantity and Quality Stressors to Balance the Use and Protection of Vulnerable Water Resources

scientific article published on 15 October 2020

Seasonal Bioaccumulation of Organohalogens in Tigerfish, Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau, from Lake Pongolapoort, South Africa

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Seasonal variation of selected metals in sediments, water and tissues of the groovy mullet, Liza dumerelii (Mugilidae) from the Mhlathuze Estuary, South Africa.

scientific article published in May 2003

Sexual dimorphism of four owl species in South Africa

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Spatial and temporal variation of invertebrate community structure in flood-controlled tropical floodplain wetlands

scientific article published in 2016

Statement from world aquatic scientific societies on the need to take urgent action against human-caused climate change, based on scientific evidence

scientific article published in 2020

Status of marine pollution research in South Africa (1960-present).

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Sublethal Effects of Ionic and Nanogold on the Nematode

scholarly article by Suanne Bosch et al published 2018 in Journal of toxicology

The Application of Artificial Mussels in Conjunction with Transplanted Bivalves to Assess Elemental Exposure in a Platinum Mining Area

scientific article published in 2019

The Application of a Macroinvertebrate Indicator in Afrotropical Regions for Pesticide Pollution

scientific article published on 12 September 2018

The contribution of physical and chemical sediment characteristics to environmental risk from an irrigation scheme in South Africa

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The effect of acid mine drainage on the hatching success of branchiopod egg banks from endorheic wetlands in South Africa

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The effect of hexavalent chromium at different pH values on the haematology of Tilapia sparrmanii (Cichlidae)

scientific article published on 01 February 1992

The influence of land use on water quality and diatom community structures in urban and agriculturally stressed rivers

The oxidative toxicity of Ag and ZnO nanoparticles towards the aquatic plant Spirodela punctuta and the role of testing media parameters.

scientific article published in October 2013

The possible association between selected sediment characteristics and the occurrence of benthic macroinvertebrates in a minimally affected river in South Africa

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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

scientific article published on 18 July 2020

The strontium isotope distribution in water and sh within major South African catchments

The use of feathers in monitoring bioaccumulation of metals and metalloids in the South African endangered African grass-owl (Tyto capensis).

scientific article published on 23 June 2013

The usefulness of transplantation studies in monitoring of metals in the marine environment: South African experience.

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Total mercury concentrations in sharks, skates and rays along the South African coast

scientific article published in 2022

Transboundary water cooperation building partnerships (Part 2)

scholarly article by Hodson Makurira et al published 2014 in Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Trophic transfer of pollutants within two intertidal rocky shore ecosystems in different biogeographic regions of South Africa

scientific article published on 05 June 2020

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