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Freshwater Systems and Resources

Abramovitz, J.N. Imperiled waters, impoverished future : the decline of freshwater ecosystems -- Washington, D.C.: Worldwatch Institute, 1996. 80 p. Worldwatch paper ; 128

Allanson, B.R.; Whitfield, A.K. (jt. auth.) The Touw River floodplain. Part 1, Ecological structure in relation to planning and management -- Pretoria: Cooperative Scientific Programmes, CSIR, 1983. iv, 34 p. : ill., map. South African national scientific programmes report ; no. 79 Cover title: The limnology of the Touw River floodplain. Abstracts in English and Afrikaans. "A report prepared by the Institute for Freshwater Studies, Rhodes University, in collaboration with the Cooperative Scientific Programmes, Inland Water Ecosystems, of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.". Bibliography: p. 23-25.

Allanson, B.R. Water Research Commission (South Africa) An introduction to the management of inland water ecosystems in South Africa -- [Pretoria]: [Water Research Commission ], 1995. 77p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps. WRC report ; TT 72/95 Bibliography.

Allanson, B.R. ... [et al.] (ed.) Inland waters of southern Africa : an ecological perspective -- Boston: Kluwer, 1990. xii, 458 p. : ill. Monographiae biologicae ; v. 64 Includes indexes. Bibliography: p. [399]-435.

Aquatic conservation : marine and freshwater ecosystems -- Vol. 1, no. 1 (1993)- -- New York: Wiley, 1991-. v. : ill. Twice a year (Sept. and Dec.). Title from cover.

Bagenal, T. Methods for assessment of fish production in fresh waters -- 3rd ed. -- Oxford [Eng.]: Blackwell Scientific, 1978. xv, 365 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. IBP handbook ; no. 3 Previous ed. edited by W. E. Ricker published in 1971. Spine title: Fish production in fresh waters. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 303-351.

Choveaux, N. (ed.) Umgeni Valley Project. Stream and pond life : a field guide -- Howick: Share-Net, 1991. v, 31 p. : ill. Hands-on

Dallas, H.F.; Day, J.A. (jt. auth.) Water Research Commission. The effect of water quality variables on riverine ecosystems : a review -- Cape Town: University of Cape Town, 1993. xvi, 240 p. Prepared for the Water Research Commission by H.F. Dallas and J.A. Day, Freshwater Research Unit, University of Cape Town. This interim report arises from a project: "The effects of water quality variables on riverine ecosystems (WRC project no. 351)

Davies, B. R. The biology and conservation of South Africa's vanishing waters -- Rondebosch: Centre for Extra-Mural Studies, University of Cape Town, 1986. xiv, 186 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) Errata inserted. Spine title: Vanishing waters. Includes bibliographies and index.

De V. Pienaar, U. National Parks Board of Trustees (South Africa) The freshwater fishes of the Kruger National Park -- [Pretoria]: National Parks Board, 1968. ii, 82, [24] p. : col. ill. Bibliography: p. 79.

Hecht, T. (ed.); Uys, W. (jt. ed.); Britz, P.J. (jt. ed.) Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (South Africa) the culture of sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus in Southern Africa -- Pretoria: CSIR, 1988. 133 p. : ill. South African national scientific programmes report ; no. 153

Holdgate, M.W. (ed.) The breakdown and restoration of ecosystems : [proceedings of the Conference on the Rehabilitation of Severely Damaged Land and Freshwater Ecosystems in Temperate Zones, held in Reykjavik, Iceland, July 4-10, 1976 -- New York: Plenum Press, 1978. xi, 496 p. : ill. NATO conference series : I, Ecology ; v. 3 Includes bibliographies and index.

Howard-Williams, C. The ecology of Swartvlei : research for planning and future management -- Pretoria: Water Research Commission, 1979. 26 p. : ill., maps. At head of title: Water Research Commission; Institute for Freshwater Studies, Rhodes University. Bibliography.

Jubb, R.A. Freshwater fishes of southern Africa -- Cape Town: Balkema, 1967. 248 p. : ill... Bibliography.

Noble, R.G. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (South Africa) Inland water ecosystems in South Africa -- Pretoria: CSIR, [1978]. x, 150 p. : ill. South African national scientific programmes report ; no. 34 Summaries in English and Afrikaans. "November 1978."

Petersen, M.; Pike, T. (ed.); Crass, B. (jt. ed.) Umgeni Water; Umgeni Valley Project. Common freshwater fishes of Natal : a field guide -- Howick: Share-Net, 1994. 34 p. : ill.

Roggeri, H. Tropical freshwater wetlands : a guide to current knowledge and sustainable management -- Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic, 1995. xvi, 349 p. : ill. Seminar and workshop: the Use of Existing Legislation in the Protection of the Natural Environment (Land and Freshwater Systems) (1988 : Pretoria, South Africa); South Africa. Dept of Environment Affairs. The use of existing legislation in the protection of the natural environment (land and freshwater systems) -- Pretoria: Dept of Environment Affairs, 1988. 1 v. (various pagings)

Slinger, J.H. A mathematical modelling approach to effective flood management of a freshwater wetland and associated pastoral system -- Stellenbosch: CSIR, 1988. 1 v. (various pagings) Thesis (M.Sc. ; Mathematics and Applied Mathematics) - University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1988.

United Nations Environment Programme. Freshwater pollution -- Nairobi: United Nation Environment Programme, 1991. 36 p. : ill (some col.), maps. UNEP/GEMS environment library ; no.6 Catalogued from cover. "Based on Global freshwater quality (Blackwell, 1990) and other sources"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references.

Van Rensburg, J.D.J.; Dent, M.C. (jt. auth.) Water Research Commission (South Africa) Development of a water quality and quantity modelling system which will provide a common currency for communication between researchers in the Kruger National Park Rivers Research Programme -- Pretoria: Water Research Commission, 1997. xx, 39, xxi p. : col. ill. WRC report ; no. 654/1/97 Report to the Water Research Commission by the Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Pretoria.

 
   
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