- Title
- Comparing stable isotope ratios and metal concentrations between components of the benthic food web: a case study of the Swartkops Estuary South Africa
- Creator
- Ndoto, Asiphe
- Subject
- Swartkops River Estuary (South Africa)
- Subject
- Estuarine ecology -- South Africa -- Swartkops River Estuary
- Subject
- Fishes -- Ecology -- South Africa -- Swartkops River Estuary
- Date Issued
- 2024-04
- Date
- 2024-04
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/64256
- Identifier
- vital:73669
- Description
- Estuarine systems are highly productive ecosystems; however, they are subjected to high anthropogenic pressure such as metal contamination and: increased nutrient loads. The contamination sources of metals and nutrients in urban estuaries are derived: from industrial waste. agricultural and urban runoff that flows into estuaries. An example of such a system is the Swartkops Estuary. industry and three wastewater treatment plants within the Swartkops River catchment are major sources of metal. and nutrient pollution, respectively. The metals accumulate in the environment, are biomagnified up the food web, and transferred from one trophic level to another. At lethal concentrations, metals pose a threat to organisms using the estuary by affecting their physiological and biochemical processes. Stable Isotope analysis has proven to be an effective tool for investigating, trophic linkages in the food chain from a variety of environments. By assessing both metals and stable _isotopes in the. estuary it can provide a more robust understanding of the pathway metals accumulate, biomagnified, and transfer from the environment through the estuarine food web.
- Description
- Thesis (MSc) -- Faculty of Science, School of Environmental Sciences, 2022
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (114 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Science
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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