M. Mwase

TL;DR: Judging by the results obtained in this study, pollution from the mining activity around the Kafue River drainage area in the Copperbelt region has not significantly influenced the trace element concentrations in tissues of the crocodiles in the Kafu National Park.

TL;DR: A coding sequence for metallothionein of the African sharptooth catfish Clarias gariepinus is determined, which may be further developed as a major molecular biomarker of heavy metal pollution resulting from mining activities in this region.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors determined the coefficient of condition (CC) relative to copper levels in fish muscle and sediment collected during the dry and rainy seasons, from sites upstream, within and downstream to the copper mining area along the Kafue River.

TL;DR: A field investigation was conducted in the Sesheke District of Zambia to determine the fish species susceptible to epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS), a newly confirmed disease in Southern Africa, finding the Clarias species to be the most afflicted with EUS.

TL;DR: Sediment from environmentally different localities of the Kafue river were toxicologically evaluated by a microtoxicity bioassay and by dif-ferent tests systems of three species of tropical fish, revealing that larval stages are the most sensitive to copper.