The eutrophic process potentially caused by a high urine and faecal load resulting from an unusually high hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibious) density in the Nhlanganzwane Dam, Kruger National Park, South Africa, triggered a chain of events characterised by an increase in the growth of primary producers (Microcystis aeruginosa). This increase in M. aeruginosa biomass was followed by bio-intoxication incidents in wild animals
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Oberholster, P.J., Myburgh, J.G., Govender, D., Bengis, R., and Botha, A-M. 2009. Identification of toxigenic Microcystis strains after incidents of wild animal mortalities in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Journal, Vol.72(4), pp 1177-1182
Oberholster, P. J., Myburgh, J., Govender, D., Bengis, R., & Botha, A. (2009). Identification of toxigenic microcystis strains after incidents of wild animal mortalities in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3293
Oberholster, Paul J, JG Myburgh, D Govender, R Bengis, and A-M Botha "Identification of toxigenic microcystis strains after incidents of wild animal mortalities in the Kruger National Park, South Africa." (2009) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3293
Oberholster PJ, Myburgh J, Govender D, Bengis R, Botha A. Identification of toxigenic microcystis strains after incidents of wild animal mortalities in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. 2009; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3293.
This is the post print version of the work. The definitive version is published on the Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Journal published by Elsevier, on Vol. 72(4), pp 1177-1182
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