A várzea do ribeirão Parelheiros foi o objeto desse estudo. É um corpo de água que recebe água de transposição da represa Billings para a represa do Guarapiranga. Além disso, essa várzea recebe contribuições de poluentes de diversas fontes difusas originadas dentro e fora da bacia do Guarapiranga, que deságuam no referido ribeirão. Esse trabalho de pesquisa aplicada visou analisar a atuação da várzea do ribeirão Parelheiros na melhoria da qualidade das águas que afluem à represa do Guarapiranga. Foram analisados dados de qualidade de águas relativos a diversos parâmetros relevantes (médias mensais de contagens de coliformes totais e fecais, contagens de células de cianofíceas totais, concentrações de exotoxina, teores de nitrogênio total e fósforo total, cor aparente, turbidez, demanda química de oxigênio e pH) e de vazões afluentes (mínimas, médias e máximas mensais) que tinham sido coletados durante cerca de dez meses seqüenciais, sendo quatro meses ditos secos e seis meses ditos chuvosos. Não foi possível analisar completamente os efeitos do regime de vazões de entrada e saída da várzea sobre a atuação desta como amortecedora de constituintes poluidores (por exemplo, de nutrientes - nitrogênio e fósforo) porque não se dispunha de dados das contribuições das fontes difusas, as quais não são monitoradas. A várzea mostrou eficiência de remoção superior a 30% em relação à melhoria de algumas, não de todas as variáveis ambientais, a saber turbidez, cianofíceas totais e microcistina, sendo que o regime pluviométrico exerceu influência significativa na atuação da várzea como amortecedora de constituintes poluidores. Porém, as eficiências relativas aos períodos seco e chuvoso mostraram resultados muito semelhantes / The wetlands formed by Parelheiros creek were the focal point of this study. The creek is a water body that receives waters imported from Billings reservoir into Guarapiranga reservoir. The referred creek and associated wetlands also receive waters with diffuse source pollutants from inside and outside of the Guarapiranga watershed. This applied research work aimed at analyzing the performance of the referred wetlands in the improvement of the quality of the above-mentioned waters before they enter the Guarapiranga reservoir. Water quality data regarding several relevant parameters (monthly averages of total and fecal coliform counts, total cyanobacteria cell counts, exotoxin concentrations, total nitrogen and total phosphorus, apparent color, turbidity, chemical oxygen demand and pH) as well as flow data (minimum, average and maximum influent flows) were analyzed. The data were collected during a ten-month period comprised of four dry weather months followed by six wet weather months. It was not possible to analyze completely the effects of flow regime on the performance of the wetlands as a buffer zone for pollutant abatement because there was no available data on the diffuse source contributions, since they are not monitored. The wetlands showed removal efficiencies above 30% with respect to the improvement of some (not all) variables, as follows: turbidity, total cyanobacteria concentration and microcystia concentration. The pluviometry exerted significant influence on the wetland performance as a buffer zone for abatement of certain water constituents which represent pollution. However, removal efficiencies regarding wet and dry periods were very similar to each other

A várzea do ribeirão Parelheiros foi o objeto desse estudo. É um corpo de água que recebe água de transposição da represa Billings para a represa do Guarapiranga. Além disso, essa várzea recebe contribuições de poluentes de diversas fontes difusas originadas dentro e fora da bacia do Guarapiranga, que deságuam no referido ribeirão. Esse trabalho de pesquisa aplicada visou analisar a atuação da várzea do ribeirão Parelheiros na melhoria da qualidade das águas que afluem à represa do Guarapiranga. Foram analisados dados de qualidade de águas relativos a diversos parâmetros relevantes (médias mensais de contagens de coliformes totais e fecais, contagens de células de cianofíceas totais, concentrações de exotoxina, teores de nitrogênio total e fósforo total, cor aparente, turbidez, demanda química de oxigênio e pH) e de vazões afluentes (mínimas, médias e máximas mensais) que tinham sido coletados durante cerca de dez meses seqüenciais, sendo quatro meses ditos secos e seis meses ditos chuvosos. Não foi possível analisar completamente os efeitos do regime de vazões de entrada e saída da várzea sobre a atuação desta como amortecedora de constituintes poluidores (por exemplo, de nutrientes - nitrogênio e fósforo) porque não se dispunha de dados das contribuições das fontes difusas, as quais não são monitoradas. A várzea mostrou eficiência de remoção superior a 30% em relação à melhoria de algumas, não de todas as variáveis ambientais, a saber turbidez, cianofíceas totais e microcistina, sendo que o regime pluviométrico exerceu influência significativa na atuação da várzea como amortecedora de constituintes poluidores. Porém, as eficiências relativas aos períodos seco e chuvoso mostraram resultados muito semelhantes / The wetlands formed by Parelheiros creek were the focal point of this study. The creek is a water body that receives waters imported from Billings reservoir into Guarapiranga reservoir. The referred creek and associated wetlands also receive waters with diffuse source pollutants from inside and outside of the Guarapiranga watershed. This applied research work aimed at analyzing the performance of the referred wetlands in the improvement of the quality of the above-mentioned waters before they enter the Guarapiranga reservoir. Water quality data regarding several relevant parameters (monthly averages of total and fecal coliform counts, total cyanobacteria cell counts, exotoxin concentrations, total nitrogen and total phosphorus, apparent color, turbidity, chemical oxygen demand and pH) as well as flow data (minimum, average and maximum influent flows) were analyzed. The data were collected during a ten-month period comprised of four dry weather months followed by six wet weather months. It was not possible to analyze completely the effects of flow regime on the performance of the wetlands as a buffer zone for pollutant abatement because there was no available data on the diffuse source contributions, since they are not monitored. The wetlands showed removal efficiencies above 30% with respect to the improvement of some (not all) variables, as follows: turbidity, total cyanobacteria concentration and microcystia concentration. The pluviometry exerted significant influence on the wetland performance as a buffer zone for abatement of certain water constituents which represent pollution. However, removal efficiencies regarding wet and dry periods were very similar to each other

L’étude de la flore et de la végétation des clairières sur sol hydromorphe a été menée dans le Parc National de l’Ivindo au Nord-est du Gabon. La méthode phytosociologique de Braun-Blanquet (1932) a été retenue pour la réalisation des relevés au sein des deux principales formations végétales qui composent ce biotope: la prairie et la lisière qui la ceinture. Cent trente trois relevés ont permis de recenser 229 espèces réparties en 175 genres et 72 familles. Les matrices formées à partir de ces relevés et de ces espèces ont été analysées par la méthode Indicator Value (IndVal) ; des analyses canoniques redressées (DCA) et des analyses canoniques des correspondances (CCA) ont servi pour les ordinations. Des analyses de variance (ANOVA) suivies des tests post hoc de Bonferonni ont permis de voir si les valeurs des paramètres environnementaux et structuraux mesurés au sein des différents groupes sont différentes. La flore globale des clairières est dominée par les Cyperaceae, les Rubiaceae et les Leguminosae-Caesalpinoideae. Cinq espèces (Fuirena stricta subsp. stricta, Pycreus subtrigonus, Pycreus mundtii, Rhynchospora perrieri et Leptochloa coerulecens) sont signalées pour la première fois au Gabon. Huit groupements sont décrits: 5 pour les prairies et 3 au niveau des lisières. Quatre des groupements des prairies (le groupement pélophyte semi-aquatique à Costus afer et Centotheca lappacea ; le groupement hélophyte semi-aquatique à Pycreus mundtii et Pycreus subtrigonus ; le groupement pélophyte semi-aquatique à Virectaria multiflora et Kyllinga pumila ainsi que le groupement nitrophyte à Tristemma leiocalyx et Bacopa crenata) appartiennent à la classe des Phragmitetea tandis que le dernier (le groupement aquatique à Schoenoplectus mucronatus et Nymphaea heudelotii) se rattache à la classe des Potametea. Deux des groupements de lisières (le groupement pélophyte pré-forestier à Ludwigia africana et Nephrolepis bisserata; le groupement hygrophyte des forêts marécageuses à Anthocleista schweinfurthii et Uapaca guineensis) appartiennent à la classe des Mitragynetea et le dernier (le groupement nitrophyte pré-forestier marécageux à Leptochloa coerulescens et Echinochloa indica) à celle des Phragmitetea. L’hydromorphie et la profondeur de la vase ainsi que la fréquentation animale constituent les variables environnementales qui influencent significativement le déterminisme de ces groupements au sein des prairies, alors que ces variables n’ont aucun effet sur les groupements de lisière. La richesse spécifique varie de 62 à 164 pour les groupements de lisière tandis qu’au sein des prairies, elle varie de 35 à 63. Les indices de diversité moyens pour l’ensemble des groupements des clairières sont 4,4 ± 0,5 (Shannon), 0,07 ± 0,03 (Simpson) et l’équitabilité de Piélou est de 0,78 ± 0,05. La flore étudié n’est inféodée aux clairières du Gabon, les espèces endémiques guinéo-congolaises sont dominantes au niveau des lisières alors que ce sont les espèces à large distribution qui prédominent dans les prairies. Les géophytes et des thérophytes dominent dans les prairies tandis que les phanérophytes sont dominants dans les lisières. La zoochorie et l’anémochorie constituent les modes de dissémination les plus rencontrés au sein de la flore étudiée. Mots clés : clairière intraforestière, flore, groupements végétaux, phytosociologie, Gabon. Abstract The study of the flora and the vegetation of the swampy clearings on hydromorphic soils were realized in the National Park of Ivindo in north-eastern of Gabon. The phytosociological method of Braun-Blanquet was adopted for the realization of the relevés within the two principal vegetation type which form this biotope: the central meadow and the edge which girdles it. 133 relevés made it possible to count 229 species divided into 175 genera and 72 families. The matrices made starting from these relevés and of these species were analyzed by the method Ind Val; DCA made it possible to obtain groupings; CCA made it possible to evaluate the environmental link between parameter and the vegetation. An analysis of variance (ANOVA) follow-up of the tests post hoc of Bonferonni made it possible to see whether the values measured within the various groups are different. The flora is dominated by Cyperaceae, Rubiaceae and Leguminosae-Caesalpinoideae. Five species, Fuirena stricta subsp stricta, Pycreus subtrigonus, Pycreus mundtii, Rhynchospora perrieri and Leptochloa coerulescens are announced for the first time to Gabon. Eight associations are described: 5 for the meadows and 3 on the level of the edges. Four of the associations of the meadows (the pelophyte semi-aquatic association with Costus afer and Centotheca lappacea; the helophyte semi-aquatic association with Pycreus mundtii and Pycreus subtrigonus; the pelophyte semi-aquatic association with Virectaria multiflora and Kyllinga pumila; the nitrophyte association with Tristemma leiocalyx and Bacopa crenata) belong to the class of Phragmitetea while the last (the aquatic association with Schoenoplectus mucronatus and Nymphaea heudelotii) is belong to the class of Potametea . Two of the associations of edges (the pelophyte pre-forester association with Ludwigia africana and Nephrolepis bisserata; the hygrophyte association of the marshy forests with Anthocleista schweinfurthii and Uapaca guineensis) belong to the class of Mitragynetea and the third (the nitrophyte marshy pre-forester association with Leptochloa coerulescens and Echinochloa indica) to Phragmitetea. The hydro-morphology and the depth of the mud as well as the animal frequentation constitute the environmental variables which influence the occurrence of these associations within the meadows, whereas they do not have any effect on the association edge. The species richness varies from 62 to 164 for the association edge while within the meadows it varies from 35 to 63. The average indices of diversity for the whole of the associations of the clearings are 4.4 ± 0.5 (Shannon), 0.07 ± 0.03 (Simpson) while Piélou’s evenness is 0.78 ± 0.05. The flora is not uniquely linked with the clearings of Gabon, although, on the phytogeographical level, the guineo-congolian endemics are dominant on the level of the edges whereas in fact the species with broad distributions prevail in the meadows. The analysis of the biological types shows the preponderance of the geophytes and the therophytes for the meadows while the edges are largely dominated by phanérophytes. The zoochory and the anemochory constitute the modes of dissemination most met within the studied flora. Key words: Swampy clearings on hydromorphic soils, flora, association, phytosociology, forest clearings, Gabon.

L’étude de la flore et de la végétation des clairières sur sol hydromorphe a été menée dans le Parc National de l’Ivindo au Nord-est du Gabon. La méthode phytosociologique de Braun-Blanquet (1932) a été retenue pour la réalisation des relevés au sein des deux principales formations végétales qui composent ce biotope: la prairie et la lisière qui la ceinture. Cent trente trois relevés ont permis de recenser 229 espèces réparties en 175 genres et 72 familles. Les matrices formées à partir de ces relevés et de ces espèces ont été analysées par la méthode Indicator Value (IndVal) ;des analyses canoniques redressées (DCA) et des analyses canoniques des correspondances (CCA) ont servi pour les ordinations. Des analyses de variance (ANOVA) suivies des tests post hoc de Bonferonni ont permis de voir si les valeurs des paramètres environnementaux et structuraux mesurés au sein des différents groupes sont différentes. <p>La flore globale des clairières est dominée par les Cyperaceae, les Rubiaceae et les Leguminosae-Caesalpinoideae. Cinq espèces (Fuirena stricta subsp. stricta, Pycreus subtrigonus, Pycreus mundtii, Rhynchospora perrieri et Leptochloa coerulecens) sont signalées pour la première fois au Gabon. <p>Huit groupements sont décrits: 5 pour les prairies et 3 au niveau des lisières. Quatre des groupements des prairies (le groupement pélophyte semi-aquatique à Costus afer et Centotheca lappacea ;le groupement hélophyte semi-aquatique à Pycreus mundtii et Pycreus subtrigonus ;le groupement pélophyte semi-aquatique à Virectaria multiflora et Kyllinga pumila ainsi que le groupement nitrophyte à Tristemma leiocalyx et Bacopa crenata) appartiennent à la classe des Phragmitetea tandis que le dernier (le groupement aquatique à Schoenoplectus mucronatus et Nymphaea heudelotii) se rattache à la classe des Potametea.<p>Deux des groupements de lisières (le groupement pélophyte pré-forestier à Ludwigia africana et Nephrolepis bisserata; le groupement hygrophyte des forêts marécageuses à Anthocleista schweinfurthii et Uapaca guineensis) appartiennent à la classe des Mitragynetea et le dernier (le groupement nitrophyte pré-forestier marécageux à Leptochloa coerulescens et Echinochloa indica) à celle des Phragmitetea. <p>L’hydromorphie et la profondeur de la vase ainsi que la fréquentation animale constituent les variables environnementales qui influencent significativement le déterminisme de ces groupements au sein des prairies, alors que ces variables n’ont aucun effet sur les groupements de lisière. <p>La richesse spécifique varie de 62 à 164 pour les groupements de lisière tandis qu’au sein des prairies, elle varie de 35 à 63. Les indices de diversité moyens pour l’ensemble des groupements des clairières sont 4,4 ± 0,5 (Shannon), 0,07 ± 0,03 (Simpson) et l’équitabilité de Piélou est de 0,78 ± 0,05. <p>La flore étudié n’est inféodée aux clairières du Gabon, les espèces endémiques guinéo-congolaises sont dominantes au niveau des lisières alors que ce sont les espèces à large distribution qui prédominent dans les prairies. Les géophytes et des thérophytes dominent dans les prairies tandis que les phanérophytes sont dominants dans les lisières. La zoochorie et l’anémochorie constituent les modes de dissémination les plus rencontrés au sein de la flore étudiée. <p>Mots clés :clairière intraforestière, flore, groupements végétaux, phytosociologie, Gabon.<p>Abstract<p>The study of the flora and the vegetation of the swampy clearings on hydromorphic soils were realized in the National Park of Ivindo in north-eastern of Gabon. The phytosociological method of Braun-Blanquet was adopted for the realization of the relevés within the two principal vegetation type which form this biotope: the central meadow and the edge which girdles it. 133 relevés made it possible to count 229 species divided into 175 genera and 72 families. The matrices made starting from these relevés and of these species were analyzed by the method Ind Val; DCA made it possible to obtain groupings; CCA made it possible to evaluate the environmental link between parameter and the vegetation. An analysis of variance (ANOVA) follow-up of the tests post hoc of Bonferonni made it possible to see whether the values measured within the various groups are different.<p>The flora is dominated by Cyperaceae, Rubiaceae and Leguminosae-Caesalpinoideae. Five species, Fuirena stricta subsp stricta, Pycreus subtrigonus, Pycreus mundtii, Rhynchospora perrieri and Leptochloa coerulescens are announced for the first time to Gabon.<p>Eight associations are described: 5 for the meadows and 3 on the level of the edges. Four of the associations of the meadows (the pelophyte semi-aquatic association with Costus afer and Centotheca lappacea; the helophyte semi-aquatic association with Pycreus mundtii and Pycreus subtrigonus; the pelophyte semi-aquatic association with Virectaria multiflora and Kyllinga pumila; the nitrophyte association with Tristemma leiocalyx and Bacopa crenata) belong to the class of Phragmitetea while the last (the aquatic association with Schoenoplectus mucronatus and Nymphaea heudelotii) is belong to the class of Potametea .<p>Two of the associations of edges (the pelophyte pre-forester association with Ludwigia africana and Nephrolepis bisserata; the hygrophyte association of the marshy forests with Anthocleista schweinfurthii and Uapaca guineensis) belong to the class of Mitragynetea and the third (the nitrophyte marshy pre-forester association with Leptochloa coerulescens and Echinochloa indica) to Phragmitetea. <p>The hydro-morphology and the depth of the mud as well as the animal frequentation constitute the environmental variables which influence the occurrence of these associations within the meadows, whereas they do not have any effect on the association edge.<p>The species richness varies from 62 to 164 for the association edge while within the meadows it varies from 35 to 63. The average indices of diversity for the whole of the associations of the clearings are 4.4 ± 0.5 (Shannon), 0.07 ± 0.03 (Simpson) while Piélou’s evenness is 0.78 ± 0.05.<p>The flora is not uniquely linked with the clearings of Gabon, although, on the phytogeographical level, the guineo-congolian endemics are dominant on the level of the edges whereas in fact the species with broad distributions prevail in the meadows. The analysis of the biological types shows the preponderance of the geophytes and the therophytes for the meadows while the edges are largely dominated by phanérophytes. The zoochory and the anemochory constitute the modes of dissemination most met within the studied flora.<p>Key words: Swampy clearings on hydromorphic soils, flora, association, phytosociology, forest clearings, Gabon.<p><p> / Doctorat en Sciences / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

MESMEG / Department of Mining and Environmental Geology / The Mushithe coal occurrence is situated approximately 16 km west of the Tshikondeni coal mine in the Tshipise-Pafuri sub-basin of the Soutpansberg coalfield in South Africa. The Soutpansberg Coalfield has received comparatively less attention compared to other more notable South African coalfields. There is as a consequence very limited information in the public domain applicable to the geology as well as quality of coal in this coalfield, as a result there is no known study focused exclusively on the Mushithe coal occurrence. The aim of the study was to conduct detailed geological mapping of the Mushithe Deposit so as to ascertain the geological environment and petrological characteristics of rocks within the area. Further work involved coal sampling and analysis in order to establish coal quality and its physical and chemical characteristics. Samples were collected using geological field mapping and channel sampling. Nine coal samples were collected from the coalbed and host rock, exposed along the Mbodi River, during geological field mapping using channel sampling. Furthermore, 92 rock samples were collected during geological field mapping of which 10 representative samples were selected for further analysis. X-ray fluorescence spectrometry was conducted on all selected samples. Proximate analysis and ultimate analyses, and calorimetry tests were undertaken on coal samples. Three samples were selected based on calorific value for maceral identification, mineral analyses and vitrinite reflectance using petrographic study. Detailed geological mapping of the area around the Mushithe coal occurrence showed the geological setting of coal in this area. The following lithologies were identified in the study area: sandstone, mudstone, ironstone, calcrete, shale, quartzite, quartz vein with a general strike direction to the north-east. The host rocks including coal were intruded by dolerite dykes and this resulted in the devolatilization of coal. The current study concluded that the Mushithe coal was formed in a wet swampy environment. This has been confirmed based on tissue preservation index (1.69) and gelification index (2.35). Coal rank ranged from bituminous Rank C- B according to United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Coal Classification (UNECE) and samples were characterised by high ash (27.90%), high moisture (10.47%) and low sulphur (0.24%). Furthermore, coal was graded below grade D based on classification for use by ESKOM which consider any calorific value below 24.5 MJ/kg to be in this category. The coal is vitrinite rich (77.75 vol%) and low in Inertinite (22.25 vol%) and devoid of Liptinite and pseudovitrinite, thus it is of good coking quality. Geochemical analysis revealed that the coal was enriched in TiO2 and Fe2O3 which was corroborated by the mineral matter which was mostly clay and pyrite. Comparatively, coal quality analysis revealed the calorific value of 14.26 MJ/kg and vitrinite reflectance between 0.94 %ROV to 1 %ROV which was less than that of the Tshikondeni Deposit but greater than that at Waterberg coalfield. The study recommends further detailed exploration of coal in the area, applying such techniques such as geophysical exploration and borehole drilling leading to resource evaluation. Further studies are recommended to provide a better interpretation of the depositional environment of coal at Mushithe as well as the effect of devolatilaziton by a dolerite dyke. / NRF

This study examines intricately related questions of consciousness and learning, textually-mediated social coordination, and human relationships within nature, anchored in the everyday life practices and concerns of a remote First Nation community in the Treaty 9 region. Through the use of Institutional Ethnography, community-based research and narrative methods, the research traces how the ruling relations of land use planning unfold within the contemporary period of neoliberal development in Northern Ontario. People’s everyday experiences and access to land in the Mushkego Inninowuk (Swampy Cree) community of Fort Albany for example, are shaped in ways that become oriented to provincial ruling relations, while people also reorient these relations on their own terms through the activities of a community research project and through historically advanced Indigenous ways of being. The study examines the coordinating effects of provincially-driven land use planning on communities and territories in Treaty 9, as people in local sites are coordinated to others elsewhere in a complex process that serves to produce the legislative process called Bill 191 or the Far North Act. Examining texts, ideology and dialectical historical materialist relations, the study is an involved inquiry into the text process itself and how it comes to be put together. The textually mediated and institutional forms of organizing social relations—effectively land relations—unfold with the involvement of people from specific sites and social locations whose work is coordinated, as it centres on environmental protection and development in the region north of the 51st parallel. A critique of the textually mediated institutional process provides a rich site for exploring learning within the context of neoliberal capitalist relations and serves to illuminate ways in which people can better act to change the problematic relations that haunt settler-Indigenous history in the contemporary period. The work asks all people involved in the North how we can work to address historic injustices rooted in the relations and practices of accumulation and dispossession. The voices and modes of governance of Aboriginal people, obfuscated within the processes and relations of provincial planning, must be afforded the space and recognition to flourish on their own terms.

This study examines intricately related questions of consciousness and learning, textually-mediated social coordination, and human relationships within nature, anchored in the everyday life practices and concerns of a remote First Nation community in the Treaty 9 region. Through the use of Institutional Ethnography, community-based research and narrative methods, the research traces how the ruling relations of land use planning unfold within the contemporary period of neoliberal development in Northern Ontario. People’s everyday experiences and access to land in the Mushkego Inninowuk (Swampy Cree) community of Fort Albany for example, are shaped in ways that become oriented to provincial ruling relations, while people also reorient these relations on their own terms through the activities of a community research project and through historically advanced Indigenous ways of being. The study examines the coordinating effects of provincially-driven land use planning on communities and territories in Treaty 9, as people in local sites are coordinated to others elsewhere in a complex process that serves to produce the legislative process called Bill 191 or the Far North Act. Examining texts, ideology and dialectical historical materialist relations, the study is an involved inquiry into the text process itself and how it comes to be put together. The textually mediated and institutional forms of organizing social relations—effectively land relations—unfold with the involvement of people from specific sites and social locations whose work is coordinated, as it centres on environmental protection and development in the region north of the 51st parallel. A critique of the textually mediated institutional process provides a rich site for exploring learning within the context of neoliberal capitalist relations and serves to illuminate ways in which people can better act to change the problematic relations that haunt settler-Indigenous history in the contemporary period. The work asks all people involved in the North how we can work to address historic injustices rooted in the relations and practices of accumulation and dispossession. The voices and modes of governance of Aboriginal people, obfuscated within the processes and relations of provincial planning, must be afforded the space and recognition to flourish on their own terms.