Linking climate change and progressive eutrophication to incidents of clustered animal mortalities in different geographical regions of South Africa

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 5825-5832

  Oberholster, P J ^a   Botha, A M ^b   Myburgh, J G ^b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Animal mortalities; Climate change; Cyanobacterial blooms; Eutrophication; Seasonal cycles

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; NEUROTOXIN;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EUTROPHICATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; LAKE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 71649088754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb09.1060     Document Type: Article

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