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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Management options for shallow hypertrophic lakes, with particular reference to zeekoevlei, cape town
Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences, Volume 18, No. 1-2, Year 1992
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Zeekoevlei, a freshwater coastal lake, is an important regional recreation area in the south-western Cape, South Africa. The lake is hypertrophic, experiences perenially dense populations of cyanobacteria (Microcystis), invasive bulrush and reed encroachment, and has a thick benthic layer of sediments rich in organic matter. User and scientific surveys have indicated that management problems centre around the dense phytoplankton population and the nutrient loading of the lake. Both in-lake and catchment-based management options for improving the water quality of the lake were evaluated. Given the present socio-economic constraints in South Africa, only catchment-based management can be recommended before any rehabilitation measures are undertaken in the lake itself. This would entail the investigation and implementation of measures to reduce levels of catchment-derived nutrient loading by managing the water quality of agricultural (predominantly horticulture) and urban catchment runoff. © 1992 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Authors & Co-Authors
Harding, William R.
South Africa, Cape Town
Cape Town City Council
Quick, A. J.R.
South Africa, Cape Town
Cape Town City Council
Statistics
Citations: 10
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/10183469.1992.9631321
ISSN:
10183469
Research Areas
Disability
Environmental
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
South Africa