Browsing Faculty of Natural Science by Author "Aalbers, J"
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Biomonitoring as a means to determine the pollution level in Stellenbosch
Davis, Shaun Andre (University of the Western Cape, 1991)A pollution survey was done in Stellenbosch, along two transects. One was south-east and the north-east of the Oorrobrick brickfield the focal point of this study. Pine and Oak trees, chasman the leaves and lichens were ... -
a comparative study of the influence of different copper concentrations on the growth, chemical composition and activities of certain copper containing enzymes in atriplex nummularia lindl. and a. vestita (thunb.) Aell.
Green, D H (University of the Western Cape, 1990)The total amount of native copper in soil depends on the amount of copper in the parent material (Tisdale .et .al.1968). It is usually in greater concentration in the soil than in parent rock because of weathering of the ... -
The effect of copper on the growth, development and chemical composition of some dryland wheat cultivars
Gordon, Julie Johannes (University of the Western Cape, 2005)Heavy metal accumulation in arable land as a result of mining activities, pesticides and fertilisers has become a global concern. Steinkopf and Concordia in the Northern Cape are well-known for subsistence farming, but ... -
Effect of simulated acid rain on seed germination and on growth and mineral nutrition of Lycopersicon esculentum var. Red kaki
Marsh, Frans A (University of the Western Cape, 1993)The phenomenon of acid rain is not new. It has been active for more than a billion years (Abelson, 1983). The term "acid rain" was introduced as early as 1872 by Robert Angus Smith, the world's first air pollution control ...