School of Environmental Sciences: Recent submissions

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An evaluation of the gaps and barriers in implementing the national waste management policy and its implementation in formal and informal urban areas in Ekurhuleni Municipality, South Africa

Tembon, Mbamuku-Nduku Fayez (2012-10)

Waste management is a global challenge due to high waste generation resulting from high industrialization, urbanization and challenges relating to the efficient implementation of waste management policies acts and standards. ...
Does the tokay gecko (Gekko gecko [Linnaeus, 1758]) occur in the wild in Taiwan?

Norval, Gerrut Dieckmann S. Huang S.-C. Mao J.-J. Chu H.-P. Goldberg S.R. (2011)

[No abstract available]
A report of hepatic granuloma in free-living Brown anoles (Anolis sagrei) in Taiwan: Two cases

Norval, Gerrut Tung C.-L. Cooper J.E. (2005)

Brown anoles (Anolis sagrei) were collected for stomach-content analysis from an area surrounding a plant nursery (23°25'51''N, 120°28'30''E) in Santzepu, Sheishan District, Chia-Yi County. Tissue sampling revealed liver ...
An improved technique for scale-clipping of small snakes

Mao J.-J. Lai Y.-C. Norval, Gerrut (2006)

[No abstract available]
Amphiesma stolatum (Striped keelback): Predation on polypedates megacephalus (Java treefrog)

Norval, Gerrut Huang S.-C. Mao J.-J. (2007)

[No abstract available]
A report on male Anolis sagrei saurophagy in Chiayi County, Taiwan

Norval, Gerrut (2007)

Five hundred and two Brown anoles (Anolis sagrei) were collected for stomach content analysis from an area surrounding a plant nursery (23°25'51''N, 120°28'30''E) in Santzepu, Sheishan District, Chiayi County, as part of ...
Predation by an exotic lizard, Anolis sagrei, alters the ant community structure in betelnut palm plantations in southern Taiwan

Huang S.-C. Norval, Gerrut Tso I.-M. (2008)

1. Predators can affect prey directly by reducing prey abundance and indirectly by altering behavioural patterns of prey. From previous studies, there is little evidence that ant community structure is affected by vertebrate ...
Effects of the brown anole invasion and betelnut palm planting on arthropod diversity in southern Taiwan

Huang S.-C. Norval, Gerrut Wei C.-S. Tso I.-M. (2008)

The brown anole (Anolis sagrei) occurs naturally in various localities in Central America, and an exotic invasive population was first reported in Sheishan District, Chiayi County, Taiwan, in 2000. Previous studies showed ...
The use of vehicle-portable scanners for obtaining morphological data on small- To medium-sized reptiles

Mao J.-J. Norval, Gerrut Muller P. (2009)

[No abstract available]
Unintentional transport of ticks into Taiwan on a king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

Norval, Gerrut Robbins R.G. Kolonin G. Shiao P.-J. Mao J.-J. (2009)

In April 2007, an adult king cobra, Ophiophagus hannah, was exported from Malaysia to Taiwan. While the snake was in quarantine, six ticks were collected from the floor of its cage: Amblyomma cordiferum (one female), and ...
Norops sagrei (brown anole) pathology and endoparasite

Norval, Gerrut Bursey C.R. Goldberg S.R. Tung C.-L. Mao J.-J. (2009)

[No abstract available]
The first record of Kiricephalus pattoni Stephens, 1908 as a parasite of Lycodon ruhstrati ruhstrati Fischer, 1886 from Chiayi County, Taiwan

Norval, Gerrut Bursey C.R. Goldberg S.R. Mao J.-J. (2009)

The pentastomid Kiricephalus pattoni is a fairly common parasite, which infects a variety of amphibians, lizards, and snakes in Australia, India, and South-east Asia. On the 15th of August, 2008 an adult male Lycodon ...
A record of tick nymphs parasitizing a Taiwanese rat snake (Orthriophis taeniurus friesi) and a Chinese cobra (Naja atra) from West-Central Taiwan

Norval, Gerrut Robbins R.G. Kolonin G. Mao J.-J. (2009)

On the 7th of October, 2007, a juvenile female Orthriophis taeniurus friesi was caught in a restaurant near Lan-tan Reservoir, in the northern district of Chiayi City, Taiwan, andon the 21st of May, 2009, at ca.11:00, a ...
A deformed hind limb of an invasive free-living brown anole (Anolis sagrei Duméril & Bibron, 1837) from Hualien City, Taiwan

Norval, Gerrut Mao J.-J. Bursey C.R. Goldberg S.R. (2009)

On the 15th of March, 2009, a male brown anole (Anolis sagrei) was collected by hand from a coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) plantation in Chisintang, Hualien County, eastern Taiwan. During the examination of the lizard, it ...
Prevalence of organo-microbial entities in selected commercial foods and food wrappers

Masakona, Ndingoho (2011-10)

Phthalate esters (PEs) belong to a class of organic compounds used as plasticisers in plastic materials such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and so on, including those ...
Compost bioremediation of oil sludge by using different manures under laboratory conditions

Ubani, Onyedikachi (2012-06)

This study was conducted to measure the reduction in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) content in oil sludge by co-composting the sludge with pig, cow, horse and poultry manures under laboratory conditions. Four ...
The contribution of small-scale timber farming in enhancing sustainable livelihood at Sokhulu

Jele, Zanele (2012-05)

Small-scale timber farming provides alternative income for growers selling to forestry, procurement companies and timber suppliers or agents. The research used focus groups and structured questionnaires in the Sokhulu area ...
An evaluation of the cumulative surface water pollution within the consolidated main reef area, Roodepoort, South Africa

Muruven, Dean Nalandhren (2011-11)

Surface water pollution is prevalent in numerous areas of central Roodepoort mainly due to gold mining activities. The surface water quality for the Bosmontspruit, Russell’s Stream and the New Canada Dam was assessed ...
Bioremediation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)-contaminated soil by phytoremediation with Chromolaena odorata(L) R.M. King and Robinson

Anyasi, Raymond Oriebe (2012-05)

The ability of Chromolaena odorata propagated by stem cuttings and grown for six weeks in the greenhouse to thrive in soil containing different concentrations of PCB congeners found in Aroclor and transformer oil, and to ...
Prevalence of endocrine disrupting phthalate esters in selected foods and food wrappers from some supermarkets around Pretoria, South Africa

Baloyi, Ntsako Dellas (2012-06)

Food is one of the main routes by which xenobiotic (synthetic) chemicals enter the body of man and wildlife. The routes could be from wrappers in which the foods are presented with possible transfer of the compounds to ...

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