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Victor Wepener
Researcher at North-West University
Publications - 188
Citations - 3624
Victor Wepener is an academic researcher from North-West University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Water quality & Biology. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 165 publications receiving 2884 citations. Previous affiliations of Victor Wepener include University of Johannesburg & Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
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Human Health Risk from Consumption of Marine Fish Contaminated with DDT and Its Metabolites in Maputo Bay, Mozambique
Lesa A. Thompson,Yoshinori Ikenaka,Yoshinori Ikenaka,Yared B. Yohannes,Yared B. Yohannes,Takahiro Ichise,G. Ito,Nesta Bortey-Sam,J.H.J. van Vuren,Victor Wepener,Nico J. Smit,Wageh Sobhy Darwish,Wageh Sobhy Darwish,S. M. M. Nakayama,Hazuki Mizukawa,Mayumi Ishizuka +15 more
TL;DR: This study is the first to estimate the human health risk associated with consumption of marine fish from Maputo Bay contaminated with DDTs, and shows increased potential cancer risks due to contamination by DDTs.
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Potential use of dissolved cyanobacterial DNA for monitoring toxic Microcystis cyanobacteria in filtered water
Elbert A. Mbukwa,Elbert A. Mbukwa,Sammy Boussiba,Victor Wepener,Stefan Leu,Kaye Yuval,Titus A.M. Msagati,Bhekie B. Mamba +7 more
TL;DR: Results demonstrated that with appropriately optimized PCR conditions the method can provide accurate cost-effective tools for rapid detection of toxic Microcystis sp.
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Toxic Microcystis novacekii T20-3 from Phakalane Ponds, Botswana: PCRAmplifications of Microcystin Synthetase (mcy) Genes, Extraction and LCESI-MS Identification of Microcystins
Elbert A. Mbukwa,Titus Am Msagati,Bhekie B. Mamba,Sammy Boussiba,Victor Wepener,Stefan Leu,Yuval Kaye +6 more
TL;DR: Treated water effluent from Phakalane waste water secondary maturation ponds in Gaborone City (Botswana) enters the Limpopo River via Notwane River and potentially toxic algal blooms were present in this effluent and therefore algal toxins were observed.
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The Application of a Macroinvertebrate Indicator in Afrotropical Regions for Pesticide Pollution.
TL;DR: The SPEARpesticides indicator was applied in South Africa as an indicator to link known pesticide catchment usage to changes in the macroinvertebrate community, but the interaction with other factors like nutrients or salinity was likely a factor that confounded the SPEAR indicator.
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High element concentrations are not always equivalent to a stressful environment: differential responses of parasite taxa to natural and anthropogenic stressors.
Anja Erasmus,Victor Wepener,Sonja Zimmermann,Milen Nachev,Kerry A. Hadfield,Nico J. Smit,Bernd Sures +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors investigated whether naturally occurring high levels of elements might negatively affect the parasite community of the intertidal klipfish, Clinus superciliosus, at different localities along the South African coast.