Browsing Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Subject "Macroinvertebrates"
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Impact of irrigation based sugarcane cultivation on the Chiredzi and Runde Rivers quality, Zimbabwe
(Elsevier, 2017)Agriculture is vital in sustaining human livelihoods. However, agriculture as it is currently practiced, is contributing to the degradation of freshwater ecosystems globally. We investigated impacts of irrigation return ... -
Lateral hydrological connectivity differentially affects the community characteristics of multiple groups of aquatic invertebrates in tropical wetland pans in South Africa
(Wiley, 2019)River–floodplain connectivity (i.e. lateral hydrological connectivity, LHC) can directly affect the community characteristics by promoting dispersal of organisms but can also have profound indirect effects by altering local ... -
Understanding factors structuring zooplankton and macroinvertebrate assemblages in ephemeral pans
(Elsevier, 2017)Ephemeral aquatic ecosystems have a global distribution being most abundant in semi-arid and arid regions. Due to anthropogenic impacts threatening these environments, there is a need to understand various factors and ... -
Where does land use matter most? Contrasting land use effects on river quality at different spatial scales
(Elsevier, 2019)Understanding the influence of land-use activities on river quality has been a key focus of river monitoring programs worldwide. However, defining which land-use spatial scale is relevant remains elusive. In this study, ...