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Akamagwuna FC, Odume ON and Richoux NB (2022) Exploring the community structure of Afrotropical macroinvertebrate traits and ecological preferences along an agricultural pollution gradient in the Kat River, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Ecological Indicators. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.108570.
Akamagwuna FC, Choruma DJ, Ntloko P, Nnandozie CF and Odume ON (2022) Functional groups of Afrotropical EPT (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera) as bioindicators of semi-urban pollution in the Tsitsa River Catchment, Eastern Cape, South Africa. PeerJ. doi: 10.7717/peerj.13970
Biggs R, Clements HS, Cumming GS, Cundill G, de Vos A, Hamann M, Luvuno L, Roux DJ, Selomane O, Blanchard R, Cockburn J and Palmer CG, et al. (2022) Social-ecological change: insights from the Southern African Program on Ecosystem Change and Society. Ecosystems and People. https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2022.2097478
Chibwe M, Odume ON and Nnadozie CF (2022) A review of antibiotic resistance among Campylobacter species in human, animal and water sources in South Africa: a One Health Approach. Journal of Water and Health. doi: 10.2166/wh.2022.146
Choruma DJ, Akamagwuna FC and Odume ON (2022) Simulating the Impacts of Climate Change on Maize Yields Using EPIC: A Case Study in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Agriculture. 10.3390/agriculture12060794.
Dessie BK, Tessema B, Asegide E, Tibebe D, Alamirew T, Walsh CL and Zeleke G (2022) Physicochemical characterization and heavy metals analysis from industrial discharges in Upper Awash River Basin, Ethiopia. Toxicology Report. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2022.06.002
Edegbene AO, Akamagwuna FC, Arimoro FO, Akumabor EC and Kaine EA (2022) Effects of urban-agricultural land-use on Afrotropical macroinvertebrate functional feeding groups in selected rivers in the Niger Delta Region, Nigeria. Hydrobiologia, 849, 4857-4869.
Edegbene AO, Odume ON, Akamagwuna FC, Ntloko P, Arimoro FO, Edegbene TT, Akumabor E, Efe Ogidiaka E, Kaine EAK and Nwaka KH (2022) A macroinvertebrate-based multimetric index for assessing ecological condition of forested stream sites draining Nigerian urbanizing landscapes. Sustainability.
Edegbene AO, Abdullahi Y, Osimen EC, Ogidiaka E, Omovoh BO and Akamagwuna FC. (2022) Are zooplankton useful indicators of ecological quality in Afrotropical ephemeral stream impacted by human activities? Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. https://10.1007/s10661-022-10061-4.
Edegbene AO and Akamagwuna FC (2022) Effects of urban-agricultural land-use on Afrotropical macroinvertebrate functional feeding groups in selected rivers in the Niger Delta Region, Nigeria. Hydrobilogia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-022-05034-0
Edegbene AO and Akanagwuna FC (2022) Insights from the Niger Delta Region, Nigeria on the impacts of urban pollution on the functional organisation of Afrotropical macroinvertebrates. Scientific reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26659-0
Garba F, Ogidiaka E, Akamagwuna FC, Nwaka KH and Edegbene AO (2022) Deteriorating water quality state on the structural assemblage of aquatic insects in a North-Western Nigerian River. Water Science. https://doi.org/10.1080/23570008.2022.2034396.
Feio MJ, Hughes RM, Serra SRO, Nichols SJ, Kefford BJ, Lintermans M, Robinson W, Odume ON et al (2022) Fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages reveal extensive degradation of the world’s rivers. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16439
Fikadu T, Teferi E, Dubale B, Gusha B, Mantel SK, Tanner JL, Palmer CG, Woldu Z, Alamirew T and Zeleke G (2022) Implications of Watershed Management Practices on Water Availability Using Hydrus-1D Model in the Aba Gerima Watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Water, 14(19), p.3095.
Arias ME, Farinosi F and Hughes DA (2022) Future Hydropower operations in the Zambezi River basin: Climate impacts and adaptation capacity. River Research and Applications. DOI: 10.1002/rra.3958
Januchowski-Hartley SR, Pawar SK, Yang X, Jorissen M, Bristol R, Mantel S, White JC, Januchowski-Hartly FA, Roces-Diaz JV, Gomez CC and Pregnolato M (2022) Supporting proactive planning for climate change adaptation and conservation using an attributed road-river structure dataset. Journal of Environmental Management, 321, 115959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115959.
Keke UN, Arimoro FO, Edegebene AO, Akamagwuna FC, Assie FAGJ and Odume ON (2022). Biotic homogenization of stream macroinvertebrates in an Afrotropical Anthropocene: Land use and ecological correlates. Frontiers in Environmental Science. DOI:10.3389/fenvs.2022.1022776
Keke UN, Arimoro FO, Ayanwale AV, Odume ON and Edegbene AO (2022) Weak relationships among macroinvertebrates beta diversity (B), river status and environmental correlates in a tropical biodiversity hotspot. Ecological Indicators. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107868
Libala N, Odume ON and Palmer CG (2022) Engaging with communities to develop an understanding of livestock grazing practices in relation to hill slope seep wetlands in the Tsitsa River catchment, Eastern Cape. Anthropocene 19 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2022.100342
Libala N, Griffin NJ, Nyingwa A and Dini J (2022) Freshwater ecosystems and interactions with the SDG 2030 Agenda: implications for SDG implementation in South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 47:3, 353-368, DOI: 10.2989/16085914.2022.2109574
Lidzhegu Z, Ellery WN and Mantel SK (2022) The geomorphic origin of large wetlands in Africa’s elevated drylands: a Geographic Information System and Earth Observation approach. South African Geographical Journal, 2022, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/03736245.2022.2030247
Lodder Q and Slinger JH (2022) The ‘Research for Policy’ cycle in Dutch coastal flood risk management: the Coastal Genesis 2 research programme. Ocean and Coastal Management, 219 [106066] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106066
Maasri A, Jähnig SC, Adamescu MC, Adrian R, Baigun C, Baird DJ, Batista-Morales A, Bonada N, Brown LE and Odume, ON et al (2022). A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research. Ecology Letters. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13931
Odume ON (2022) The contribution and value of the trait-based approach to water resource protection. African Journal of Aquatic Science. DOI:10.2989/16085914.2022.2047590
Odume ON, Onyima BN, Nnadozie CF, Omovoh GO, Mmachaka T, Omovoh BO, Uku JE, Akamagwuna FC and Arimoro FO (2022). Governance and Institutional Drivers of Ecological Degradation in Urban River Ecosystems: Insights from Case Studies in Africa Cities. Sustainability. DOI.org/10.3390/su142114147
Ogidiaka E, Ikomi RB, Edegbene AO and Akamagwuna FC (2022) Exploratory accounts of the increasing pollution gradients and Macroinvertebrates structural assemblage in an Afrotropical estuary. Biologia, 77, 2103-2114.
Omovoh BO, Arimoro FO, Anyanwaleb AV, Egwim EV, Omovoh GO, Akamagwuna FC, Zakari H, Edegbene AO (2022) Macroinvertebrates of Wupa River, Abuja, Nigeria: Do environmental variables pattern their assemblages? Biology Insights. http://www.mediterraneanjournals.com/index.php/bi/article/view/612
Owusu A, Mul M, van der Zaag P and Slinger JH (2022) May the odds be in your favour: Why many attempts to re-operate dams for the environment stall. ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 148(5), [04022009] http://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001521
Palmer CG, Fry A, Libala N, Ralekhetla M, Mtati N, Weaver MJT, Mtintsilana Z and Scherman P-A (2022). Engaging society and building participatory governance in a rural landscape restoration context. Anthropocene, 100320. doi.org/10.1016/J.ANCENE.2022.100320
Palmer CG and King J (2022) Perspectives on Protecting African Freshwater Ecosystems in the Anthropocene. African Journal of Aquatic Science. DOI:10.2989/16085914.2022.2132045
Tanner JL, Mantel SK, Paxton B, Slaughter AR and Hughes DA (2022) Impacts of climate change on rivers and biodiversity in a water-scarce semi-arid region of the Western Cape, South Africa. Frontiers in Water, 4, 949901. doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2022.949901
Tekuamework F, Teferi E, Dubale B, Gusha B, Mantel SK, Tanner JL, Palmer CG, Woldu Z, Alamirew T and Zeleke G (2022) Implications of Watershed Management Practices on Water Availability Using Hydrus-1D Model in the Aba Gerima Watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Water. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14193095
Tessema B, Wilson B, Daniel B, Kristiansen P and Baldock JA (2022) Functional Links between Biomass Production and Decomposition of Vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides) Grass in Three Australian Soils. Plants. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11060778
Vreugdenhil HSI, Janssen S, Hermans LM, Slinger JH (2022) Cooperating for added value: Using participatory game theory in implementing nature-based flood defences. Ecological Engineering, 176, [106507]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106507
Weaver MJT, Ralekhetla M, Mtati N, Gusha B and Mti N (2021) Assessing the implications of COVID-19 for the facilitation of social transformative learning in rural communally-owned landscape contexts. In Kulundu-Bolus, I, Chakona, G and Lotz-Sisitka, H (Eds). Stories of collective learning and care during a pandemic: Reflective research by practitioners, researchers and community-based organisers on the collective shifts and praxis needed to regenerate transformative futures. Grahamstown: Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures (TESF) and the Environmental Learning Research Centre (ELRC). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5704833
Xoxo S, Mantel SK, De Vos A, Mahlaba B, Le Maître D and Tanner JL (2022) Towards SDG 15.3: The biome context as the appropriate degradation monitoring dimension. Environmental Science & Policy, 136, pp.400-412.
Yunusa IAM, Palmer AR, Kamululdeen J and Punthakey JF (2022) Contrasting responses to soil and water salinity in stomata and canopy traits produced convergence of water‐use in tomatoes (Solanum esculentum) and okra (Abelmoschus). Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 102 (8), 3227-3236.
Zaccheus S, Nyakairu GWA, Tebandeke E and Odume ON (2022) Overview of African water resources contamination by contaminants of emerging concern. Science of the Total Environment. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158303
2021
Akamagwuna FC, Ntloko P, Edegbene AO and Odume ON (2021) Are Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera traits reliable indicators of semi-urban pollution in the Tsitsa River, Eastern Cape Province of SA? Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 193:309. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-021-09093-z.
Alex N, Nalwanga F, Mugume I, Ogwang BA and Wasswa P. (2021). A community perspective of flood occurrence and weather forecasting over Kampala City. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 15(5), 188-201.
Chapman RA, Midgley GF and Smart K (2021) Diverse trends in observed pan evaporation in South Africa suggest multiple interacting drivers. South African Journal of Science, 117 (7/8). https://doi.org/10.17159/ sajs.2021/7900
Choruma DJ, Balkovic J, Pietsch SA and Odume ON (2021) Using EPIC to simulate the effects of different irrigation and fertilizer levels on maize yield in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Agricultural Water Management, 254: 106974.
Choruma DJ, Choruma SD and Pasirayi RM (2021) Catch them young: Knowledge and awareness levels of HIV and AIDS transmission among high school students in Harare, Zimbabwe. African Journal of AIDS Research, 20 (3), 224-231. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2021.1979060
Edegbene AO, Adam MB, Gambo J, Osimen EC, Ikomi RB, Ogidiaka E, Omovoh GO and Akamagwuna FC (2021) Searching for indicator macroinvertebrate traits in an Afrotropical riverine system: implication for ecosystem biomonitoring and sustainability. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 193, 711. https://doi:10.1007/s10661-021-09450-y.
Edegbene AO, Odume ON, Arimoro FO and Keke UN (2021) Identifying and classifying macroinvertebrate indicator signature traits and ecological preferences along urban pollution gradient in the Niger Delta. Ecological Indicator 281: 117076.
Edegbene AO, Arimoro FO, Odume ON, Ogidiaka E and Keke UN (2021) Can macroinvertebrates be explored and applied in biomonitoring of riverine systems draining forested catchments? Frontiers in Water 3, 12 2021 https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2021.607556.
Feio MJ, Hughes RM, Calisto M, Nichols SJ, Odume ON, Yates AG et. al. (2021) The biological assessment and rehabilitation of the world’s river: an overview. Water 13, 371.
Fry A, Libala N, Ralekhetla M, Weaver M, Mti N, Ntshangase, Mtati N and Palmer CG (2021) Learning to listen and speak together, incremental steps to enabling more meaningful participatory land and water governance in the Tsitsa River Catchment, Eastern Cape. Environmental Education Association of South Africa.
Gwapedza D, Hughes DA, Slaughter AR and Mantel SK (2021) Temporal influences of vegetation cover (C) Dynamism on MUSLE sediment yield estimates NDVI Evaluation. Water, 13, 2707. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13192707.
Gwapedza D, Nyamela N, Hughes DA, Slaughter AR, Mantel SK and van der Waal B (2021) Prediction of sediment yield of the Inxu River catchment (South Africa) using the MUSLE. International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 9 (1), 37-48.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2020.10.003
Gwate O, Mantel SK, Gibson LA, Munch Z, Gusha B and Palmer AR (2021) The effects of Acacia mearnsii (black wattle) on soil chemistry and grass biomass production in a South African semi-arid rangeland: implications for rangeland rehabilitation. African Journal of Range & Forage Science, 38(4), 270-280 DOI: 10.2989/10220119.2021.1875048
Hughes DA and Farinosi F (2021) Unpacking some of the linkages between uncertainties in observational data and the simulation of different hydrological processes using the Pitman model in the data scarce Zambezi River basin. Hydrological Processes, 35 (4) https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14141.
Itzkin A, Scholes M, Clifford-Holmes JK, Rowntree K, van der Waal B and Coetzer K (2021) A Social- Ecological Systems Understanding of Drivers of Degradation in the Tsitsa River Catchment to Inform Sustainable Land Management. Sustainability, 13, 516. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13020516.
Kabuya PM, Hughes DA, Tshimanga RM, Trigg MA, Bates P (2021) Constraining simulation uncertainties for improved water resources estimation in the Congo River Basin. Advances in Water Resources, 159, 104093. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2021.104093.
Keke UN, Arimoro FO Ayanwale AV, Odume ON and Edegbene FO (2021) Weak relationships among macroinvertebrates beta diversity (β), river status, and environmental correlates in a tropical biodiversity hotspot. Ecological Indicators 129: 107868
Klaassen R, Kothuis B and Slinger J (2021) Engineering roles in Building with Nature interdisciplinary design: Educational experiences. Research in Urbanism Series, 7, 73-98. https://doi.org/10.47982/rius.7.129
Libala N, Odume ON and Palmer CG (2021). The evaluation of biological indices to assess the condition of hillslope seep wetlands in the Tsitsa River Catchment, South Africa. PLOS ONE 16 (5): e0251370.
Lodenkemper L, Rowntree K, Hughes DA and Slaughter A (2021) Integrating Sediment (dis) Connectivity into a Sediment Yield Model for Semi-Arid Catchments. Land, 10, 1204. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10111204
Maasri A, Jähnig SC, Adamescu MC, Adrian R, Baigun C, Baird D, Batista-Morales A, Bonada N, Brown LE, Cai Q, Odume ON et.al. (2021) A Global Agenda for Advancing Freshwater Biodiversity Research. Ecology Letters, 25 (2). DOI: 10.22541/au.161640764.49902060/v1
Makungu E and Hughes DA (2021) Understanding and modelling the effects of wetland on the hydrology and water resources of large African river basins. Journal of Hydrology, 603: 127039 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127039.
Nolte A, Eley M, Schoniger M, Gwapedza D, Tanner JL, Mantel SK and Scheihing K (2021) Hydrological modelling for assessing spatio-temporal groundwater recharge variations in the water-stressed Amathole Water Supply System, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Hydrological Processes 35, 14264. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14264
Nsabagwa M, Mwije A, Nimusiima A, Odongo RI, Ogwang BA, Wasswa P, Mugume I, Basalirwa C, Nalwanga F and Kakuru R et al. (2021) Examining the Ability of Communities to Cope with Food Insecurity due to Climate Change. Sustainability 13, 11047.
Nolte A, Eley M, Schoniger M, Gwapedza D, Tanner J, Mantel SK and Sceihing (2021) Hydrological modelling for assessing spatio-temporal groundwater recharge variations in the water stressed Amathole Water Supply System, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Hydrological Processes 35(6), 1-17.
Ntloko P, Palmer CG, Akamagwuna FC and Odume ON (2021) Exploring Macroinvertebrates Ecological Preferences and Trait- Based Indicators of Suspended Fine Sediment Effects in the Tsitsa River and Its Tributaries, Eastern Cape, SA. Water 13, 798. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13060798.
Mugume I, Semyalo R, Wasswa P, NgailoT, Odongo RI, Lunyoro J and Tao S (2021) Community views on water demands under a changing climate: The case of River Mpanga Water Catchment, Western Uganda. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 15(9), 371-378.
Odume ON, Amaka-Otchere ABK, Onyima BN, Aziz F Kushitor B and Thiam S (2021) Pathways, contextual and cross-scale dynamics of science-policy-society interactions in transdisciplinary research in African cities. Environmental Science and Policy 125: 116 -125.
Ojara MA, Yunsheng L, Babaousmail H and Wasswa P (2021) Trends and zonal variability of extreme rainfall events over East Africa during 1960–2017. Natural Hazards, 1-29.
Owusu A, Mul M, van der Zaag P and Slinger J (2021) The clam and the dam. A Bayesian belief network approach to environmental flow assessment in a data scarce region. Science of the Total Environment, 151315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151315
Palmer AR, Munch Z and Vermeulen L (2021) Modelling catchment-scale evapotranspiration and net primary production in sub-humid African grasslands: towards understanding carbon and water trade-offs in communal rangelands. Proceedings of the Joint Congress of the International Grassland Congress and the International Rangeland Congress, Mombasa, Kenya. 26-29 October 2021.
Selebalo I, Scholes M and Clifford-Holmes JK (2021) A systemic analysis of the environmental impacts of gold mining within the Blyde River Catchment, a strategic water area of South Africa. Water, 13, 301.https://doi.org/10.3390/w13030301.
Slinger J, Stive M and Luijendijk A (2021) Nature-based solutions for coastal engineering and management. Water 2021, 13, 976. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13070976
Taljaard S, Slinger J, Arabi S, Weerts S and Vreugdenhil H (2021) The natural environment in port planning and management: a “green handbrake” or an equal partner? Ocean and Coastal Management 199, 1 January 2021, 105390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105390
Thiam S, Aziz F, Kushitor SB, Amaka-Otchere ABK, Onyima BN and Odume ON (2021) Analysing the contributions of transdisciplinary research to the global sustainability agenda in African cities. Sustainability Science, 16, 1923-1944 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-021-01042-6.
Tramblay Y, Rouché N, Paturel J-E, Mahé G, Boyer JF, Amoussou E, Bodian A, Dacosta H, Dakhlaoui H, Dezetter A, Hughes DA, Hanich L, Peugeot C, Tshimanga R and Lachassagne P (2021) ADHI: the African Database of Hydrometric Indices (1950–2018). Earth System Science Data, 13, 1547–1560, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-1547-2021.
Tramblay Y, Villarini G, El Khalki EM, Grundermann G and Hughes DA (2021) Evaluation of the Drivers Responsible for Flooding in Africa. Water Resources Research, 57 (6) https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR029595.
Vos HC, Fister W, Von Holdt JR, Eckard FD, Palmer AR and Kuhn NJ (2021) Assessing the PM10 emission potential of sandy, dryland soils in South Africa using the PI-SWERL. Aeolian Research, 53, 100747. doi.org/10.1016/j.aeolia.2021.100747.
Vermeulen LM, Munch Z, Palmer AR (2021) Fractional vegetation cover estimation in southern African rangelands using spectral mixture analysis and Google Earth Engine. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 182, 105980.
Wasswa P, Tanner JL, Sabiiti G, Ojara M, Okal H, Kato P and Namulindwa H (2021) An Investigation on Spatiotemporal Variability of Drought Events under Different Climate Change Scenarios, Case Study: Rakai District. Preprints, 2021080483 https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202108.0483.v1
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