Microplastic occurrence and densities in small subtropical reservoirs of Southern Africa

Authors: Thendo Mutshekwa, Samuel N. Motitsoe, Vuledzani P. Maiyana, Lubabalo Mofu, Kumar Ajay, Lutendo Phophi

Source: Discover Sustainability, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2025)

Subject Terms: Standing water bodies, Microplastic contamination, Source-sink, Anthropogenic activities, Plastic debris, Environmental sciences, GE1-350

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2662-9984

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Heavy Metals Assimilation by Native and Non-Native Aquatic Macrophyte Species: A Case Study of a River in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

Authors: Getrude Tshithukhe, Samuel N. Motitsoe, Martin P. Hill

Source: Plants, Vol 10, Iss 12, p 2676 (2021)

Subject Terms: bio-concentration factor, enrichment factor, geo-accumulation index, metal contamination, phytoremediation, water quality, Botany, QK1-989

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/12/2676; https://doaj.org/toc/2223-7747

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Quantifying Metal Contamination and Potential Uptake by Phragmites australis Adans. (Poaceae) Along a Subtropical River System

Authors: Ndivhuwo R. Netshiongolwe, Ross N. Cuthbert, Mokgale M. Maenetje, Lenin D. Chari, Samuel N. Motitsoe, Ryan J. Wasserman, Linton F. Munyai, Tatenda Dalu

Source: Plants, Vol 9, Iss 7, p 846 (2020)

Subject Terms: enrichment factor, translocation factor, Mvudi river, bioconcentration factor, Phragmites australis, Botany, QK1-989

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/9/7/846; https://doaj.org/toc/2223-7747

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Biological Control of Salvinia molesta (D.S. Mitchell) Drives Aquatic Ecosystem Recovery

Authors: Samuel N. Motitsoe, Julie A. Coetzee, Jaclyn M. Hill, Martin P. Hill

Source: Diversity, Vol 12, Iss 5, p 204 (2020)

Subject Terms: before–after control–impact design, biological indicators, biodiversity indices, community assemblages, ecological impacts, invasive alien aquatic plants, Biology (General), QH301-705.5

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/5/204; https://doaj.org/toc/1424-2818

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Protected and un-protected urban wetlands have similar aquatic macroinvertebrate communities: A case study from the Cape Flats Sand Fynbos region of southern Africa.

Authors: Michelle Blanckenberg, Musa C Mlambo, Denham Parker, Samuel N Motitsoe, Cecile Reed

Source: PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 5, p e0233889 (2020)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203

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