Browsing by Subject "Dragonflies"

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    • First report of perfluoroalkyl substances in South African Odonata 

      Lesch, Velesia; Bouwman, Hindrik; Kinoshita, Ayako; Shibata, Yasuyuki (Elsevier, 2017)
      Perfluorinated substances are global and ubiquitous pollutants. However, very little is known about these substances in invertebrates, and even less in terrestrial invertebrates in particular. We analysed adult male ...

    • Metallic elements in Odonata from South Africa 

      Lesch, Valesia (North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2018)
      Adult dragonflies are aerial predatory arthropods that occur globally. However, no research on adult dragonflies as potential indicators of metallic elements in the environment or metallic element concentrations and relative ...