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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"bio-indicator"”.
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The value of animal behaviour as a bio-indicator of restoration quality
… it is to improve outcomes and better provide for biodiversity. The promise of effective restoration is often used to justify destructive processes that affect many of the world’s ecosystems. It is therefore imperative that those promises can be met, which comes down to restoration ecologists’ and …
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A bio-indicator assessment towards the rehabilitation of the Stiebeuel River, Franschhoek, South Africa
… Langrug, an informal settlement, to enrich the biodiversity of species and organisms, following a rehabilitation intervention. It was investigated how nature, in the form of biodiversity of diatoms and macro-invertebrates, were observed in the Stiebeuel River when a range of habitats were …
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Assessment of air pollution impacts on vegetation in South Africa
Field surveys and biomonitoring network experiments were conducted in selected areas in South Africa to assess possible air pollution damage to vegetation. During field surveys, atmospheric fluoride was identified as an important pollutant that damaged vegetation in residential areas north of Cape …
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The Potential of Coelomocyte Chemotaxis as an Immune Biomarker in the Earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris
… sheep erythrocytes, S. cerivesae and E. fetida. Bio-indicator potential of chemotaxis is discussed relative to variability in migration responses.
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Keanekaragaman makroinvertebrata sebagai bioindikator kualitas perairan Waduk Wonorejo Kecamatan Pagerwojo Kabupaten Tulungagung
… tentang Keanekaragaman Makroinvertebrata Sebagai Bioindikator Kualitas Perairan Waduk Wonorejo Kecamatan Pagerwojo Kabupaten Tulungagung. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui keanekaragaman makroinvertebrata sebagai bioindikator kualitas perairan waduk Wonorejo Kecamatan Pagerwojo Kabupaten …
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The function and evolution of egg colour in birds
… eggshell pigmentation as a non-destructive bio-indicator. In Chapters 4 and 5, I conduct large-scale comparative analyses that involve the reconstruction of a super-tree including representatives of all but one avian order. In Chapter 4, I find that predation is negatively related to …
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Effects of pollution on marine crustaceans in Qatari waters : a baseline survey and a case study on genotoxicity indicators in an endemic shrimp
… the local fauna. This species is often used as bio-indicator of coastal pollutants. The final selected species is the endemic caridean shrimp, Palaemon khori which inhabits the Avicenna marina mangrove forest at Al-Khor, Qatar. The order of the heavy metal concentrations for the three species …