Aquatic Invasive Species

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Julie Coetzee, the deputy director of the Centre for Biological Control at Rhodes University, oversaw the release of the Cyrtobagous salviniae biological control agent into the Crocodile River.

AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES

Tiny weevils can fight off invasive aquatic plant on SA’s rivers

Since first being recorded at Hartbeespoort Dam in 2011, salvinia has spread across water bodies in North West and Gauteng

Sheree Bega