Browsing by Subject "Eggshell thinning"

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Evidence of impacts from DDT in pelican, cormorant, stork, and egret eggs from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Bouwman, H.; Van der Schyff, V.; Du Preez, M.; Dinkelmann, A.; Ikenaka, Y. (Elsevier, 2019)

DDT remains in use for malaria control in South Africa. We quantified DDTs in aquatic bird eggs from the highly biodiverse northern KwaZulu-Natal, a province of South Africa where DDT has been used for more than 80 years ...
Pollutants associated with mass mortality of Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

Booyens, Paul Lodewyk (North-West University, 2011)

The first of a series of mass mortalities of Nile crocodiles in the Olifants and Letaba rivers in the Kruger National Park (KNP) was reported in the winter of 2008. The present study investigated the levels and possible ...