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Part I The physical, chemical anf biological conditions in the Jukskei-Crocodile River System

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  1. Transvaal River Research Fellow Department of Nature Conservation, Transvaal Provincial Administration, South Africa

    B. R. Allanson

  2. National Institute for Water Research, South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa

    B. R. Allanson

  3. South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, National Institute for Water Research, Pretoria

    B. R. Allanson & J. M. T. M. Gieskes

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Being in part fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cape Town, 1960.

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Allanson, B.R., Gieskes, J.M.T.M. Part I The physical, chemical anf biological conditions in the Jukskei-Crocodile River System. Hydrobiologia 18, 2–76 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00731363

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