Original Research
Conservation of fishes in the Elands River, Mpumalanga, South Africa: Past, present and future
Submitted: 02 November 2012 | Published: 25 February 2014
About the author(s)
Gordon C. O’Brien, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University; Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, South AfricaNico J. Smit, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South Africa
Victor Wepener, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South Africa
Abstract
Conservation implications: Continued conservation efforts are required to protect these fishes. This case study presented a rare example of how the impacts associated with the use of aquatic resources in South Africa can successfully be offset by conservation efforts.
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