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An assessment of a proposal to eradicate non-native fish from priority rivers in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: SM Marr --- Freshwater Research Unit, Zoology Department, South Africa ND Impson --- CapeNature, South Africa D Tweddle --- , South AfricaNon-native fish are considered the most important threat to the survival of the indigenous freshwater fishes in the Cape Floristic Region (CFR). A pilot project to evaluate the use of the piscicide rotenone to eradicate non-native fish from selected reaches... -
Seed dynamics and control of Pistia stratiotes in two aquatic systems in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: CN Kurugundla --- Department of Water Affairs, BotswanaThe fruiting and seed dynamics of the alien invasive aquatic species Pistia stratiotes L. (water lettuce; Araceae) was investigated in the seasonally flooded Selinda Canal and Zibadianja Lake of the Kwando–Linyanti River system and in the perennial Chobe River, Botswana,... -
Prospects for extirpating small populations of the wetland invader Melaleuca quinquenervia from South Africa: a case study from the Western Cape region
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: E van Wyk --- Invasive Species Programme, South Africa LEO Jacobs --- Invasive Species Programme, South AfricaThe broad-leaved paper bark tree Melaleuca quinquenervia is a major invader in the wetlands of the Florida Everglades, USA. In South Africa, this introduced species is known from eight locality records and is naturalising at two of these sites. The... -
Seroprevalence of polio antibodies in adult laboratory staff in South Africa, 2009 to 2013
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Shelina Moonsamy --- Centre for Vaccines and Immunology, South Africa Melinda Suchard --- Centre for Vaccines and Immunology, South AfricaThe global eradication of polio has been a World Health Organization goal since May 1988 with the current target for global eradication set at 2018. A keystone of the eradication initiative is achieving and maintaining high immunisation coverage, producing high...