Landscape functionality of plant communities in the Impala Platinum mining area, Rustenburg

2012 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 103-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. van der Walt ◽  
S.S. Cilliers ◽  
K. Kellner ◽  
D. Tongway ◽  
L. van Rensburg
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Mining Area ◽  
Landscape Functionality ◽  
Platinum Mining

Metal contamination and toxicity of soils and river sediments from the world’s largest Platinum mining area

2021 ◽  
pp. 117284
Author(s):  
Dakeishla M. Diaz-Morales ◽  
Johannes H. Erasmus ◽  
Suanne Bosch ◽  
Milen Nachev ◽  
Nico J. Smit ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metal Contamination ◽  
River Sediments ◽  
Mining Area ◽  
Platinum Mining

Phytosociological description of norite koppies in the Rustenburg area, North-West Province and refinement of the distribution of the Norite Koppies Bushveld on the national vegetation classification map of South Africa

Bothalia ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 327-339
Author(s):  
A. J. H. Lamprecht ◽  
S. S. Cilliers ◽  
A. R. Götze ◽  
M. J. Du Toit
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Vegetation Type ◽  
Mining Area ◽  
Multivariate Statistical ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
North West Province ◽  
Platinum Mining ◽  
Area North ◽  
Surrounding Areas

The Norite Koppies Bushveld vegetation type boasts a distinctive and contrasting topography and species composition easily distinguished from that of surrounding areas. A phytosociological study was done on the leased mining area of the Impala Platinum Mining Company north of Rustenburg in the North-West Province. Similar norite koppies, situated west of the Norite Koppies Bushveld vegetation, and not yet mapped by Mucina Rutherford (2006), were identified in the study area and phytosociologically described. Six plant communities and two subcommunities were identified. Multivariate statistical analyses (correspondence analyses) confirmed that the species composition of these areas corresponds with and does therefore form part of the Norite Koppies Bushveld vegetation type as described by Mucina Rutherford (2006). Some of these communities contain Boscia albitrunca, a protected plant species, and should therefore be considered as areas with conservation value.

Native Plant Communities in an Abandoned Pb-Zn Mining Area of Northern Spain: Implications for Phytoremediation and Germplasm Preservation

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 256-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Barrutia ◽  
U. Artetxe ◽  
A. Hernández ◽  
J. M. Olano ◽  
J. I. García-Plazaola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Mining Area ◽  
Native Plant ◽  
Northern Spain ◽  
Germplasm Preservation

THE EFFECT OF HEAVY METALS ON PLANT COMMUNITIES DISTRIBUTION IN AN ABANDONEND MINING AREA (NORTHEAST-ALGERIA)

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amel LEHOUT ◽  
◽  
Nabil CHARCHAR ◽  
Heidar NOURINE ◽  
Hani BOUYAHMED
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Mining Area

scholarly journals The Application of Artificial Mussels in Conjunction with Transplanted Bivalves to Assess Elemental Exposure in a Platinum Mining Area

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marelize Labuschagne ◽  
Victor Wepener ◽  
Milen Nachev ◽  
Sonja Zimmermann ◽  
Bernd Sures ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Passive Sampling ◽  
Mining Area ◽  
Aquatic Environments ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Indicator Organisms ◽  
Sampling Device ◽  
Clam Corbicula ◽  
Platinum Mining ◽  
Holistic Assessment ◽  
Passive Sampling Device

There is increasing evidence that platinum group elements (PGE) are pollutants of emerging concern worldwide. Limited information exists on levels, particularly in regions where PGEs are mined. A passive sampling device (i.e., the artificial mussel (AM)) and transplanted indicator organisms (i.e., the freshwater clam Corbicula fluminalis africana) were deployed along a PGE mining gradient in the Hex River, South Africa, and concentrations of As, Cd, Co, Cr, Ni, Pb, Pt, V, and Zn were determined after six weeks of exposure. Results showed differential uptake patterns for Pt, Cr, and Ni between the AMs and clams indicating availability differences. For monitoring purposes, a combination of AMs and indicator organisms provides a more holistic assessment of element exposure in aquatic environments.

Weed plant communities of orchards in Siwa Oasis, Egypt

1994 ◽  
Vol 105 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 387-398
Author(s):  
M. M. Abd El-Ghani
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Weed Plant
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