Has monitoring failed the Olifants River, Mpumalanga?

Water SA

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 671-676

  de Villiers, S ^a   Mkwelo, S T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dissolved sulphate; Monitoring; Mpumalanga; Olifants river

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; CATCHMENTS; COPPER; COPPER MINES; DISSOLUTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; MONITORING; PATIENT MONITORING; POLLUTION; POLLUTION DETECTION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LONG TERM MONITORING; MONITORING STATIONS; MPUMALANGA; SAMPLING FREQUENCIES; SULPHATES; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ARSENIC; CATCHMENT; COPPER; CROCODILIAN; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FISH; INSTRUMENTATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SULFATE; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; MPUMALANGA; OLIFANTS RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA;

ALLIGATOR;

EID: 77954239701     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v35i5.49193     Document Type: Article

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