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The relationship between periphyton, flow and nutrients in foothill rivers of the south-western Cape, South Africa
Includes bibliographical references.
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2014
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| author | Ewart-Smith, Justine L |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10490 The relationship between periphyton, flow and nutrients in foothill rivers of the south-western Cape, South Africa Ewart-Smith, Justine L King, Jackie Day, Jenny Zoology Includes bibliographical references. This thesis examines spatial and temporal patterns in periphyton community composition and biomass and the environmental factors responsible for shaping these communities in south-western Cape rivers. The study focused on two prennial foothill rivers in the south-western Cape: the Berg River, which is oligotrophic but has a large dam (The Berg Dam) situated in its upper reaches; and the Molenaars River, which has a natural flow regime but is moderately enriched by trout farm effluent. Two site on the Berg River (one upstream and one downstream of the Berg Dam) and two on the Molenaars River (one upstream and one downstream of the Du Toit's Kloof trout farm) were used to study temporal dynamics in periphyton communities over a 21-month period between September 2007 and May 2009. 2014-12-29T05:03:57Z 2014-12-29T05:03:57Z 2012 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10490 eng application/pdf Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Zoology Ewart-Smith, Justine L The relationship between periphyton, flow and nutrients in foothill rivers of the south-western Cape, South Africa |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | The relationship between periphyton, flow and nutrients in foothill rivers of the south-western Cape, South Africa |
| title_full | The relationship between periphyton, flow and nutrients in foothill rivers of the south-western Cape, South Africa |
| title_fullStr | The relationship between periphyton, flow and nutrients in foothill rivers of the south-western Cape, South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between periphyton, flow and nutrients in foothill rivers of the south-western Cape, South Africa |
| title_short | The relationship between periphyton, flow and nutrients in foothill rivers of the south-western Cape, South Africa |
| title_sort | relationship between periphyton flow and nutrients in foothill rivers of the south western cape south africa |
| topic | Zoology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10490 |
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