10th Annual Inkaba yeAfrica and !Khure Africa Conference (2014)

Session

Food and Life

2 Oct 2014, 12:15

Conference Room, Matjiesfontein Station (Matjiesfontein's Lord Milner Hotel)

Conveners

Food and Life

• Jan van Bever Donker (University of the Western Cape)

Contribution list Timetable

54. Characterise and quantify contamination from anthropogenic activities within the Crocodile (West) and Marico Water Management areas, South Africa

Mrs Chazanne Long (AEON - NMMU)

02/10/2014, 12:15

Oral and Poster Presentation

Chemical signatures from river waters and sediments were collected in the Crocodile (West) and Marico Water Management Areas, South Africa. Surface water samples were analysed for anion complexes using Ion Chromatography (IC) and major and trace element chemistry using quadrupole Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (q-ICP-MS). Major and trace element chemistry was measured by XRF and...

4. Loud Calls as Species Markers in Fork-Marked Dwarf Lemurs (Phaner)

Mr Derick Forbanka (DZE University of Fort Hare)

02/10/2014, 12:30

Oral and Poster Presentation

Fork-marked dwarf lemurs (Phaner) are nocturnal strepsirhines endemic to Madagascar. Lemur systematic has witnessed the naming of many new species in the last decade. Four Phaner species have been recognized based on slight variations in pelage colouration, and their occupation of discontinuous ranges in Madagascar. Given that these lemurs are nocturnal, according to the Recognition Concept of...

22. Impact of long-term effects of wheat production management practices on soil acidity, P and some micronutrients in a semi-arid Plinthosol

Mr Palo Francis Loke (Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, University of the Free State)

02/10/2014, 12:45

Oral and Poster Presentation

Farmers continuously remove crop residues for use as building materials, fuel and animal feed or bedding as well as to avoid difficulties during tillage operations. Therefore, demonstrations of the benefits of recycling crop residues are necessary. The aim with this study was to evaluate the influence of different wheat production management practices on acidity and some essential nutrients...

24. Biomarker records of environmental changes and their climatic inferences in Mfabeni Peatland (South Africa) since the late Pleistocene

Ms Andrea Baker (Stellenbosch University)

02/10/2014, 13:00

Oral and Poster Presentation

Southern Africa is situated at a dynamic junction between tropical, subtropical and temperate climate systems, which are subject to seasonal excursion in the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and sea surface temperature (SST) gradients between the two regional oceans. As a consequence of topography and semi-arid climate, there is a lack of continuous terrestrial climate archives in the...