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- ↑ "Dam Safety Office 2010/2011 Annual Report" (PDF). Department of Water Affairs, Republic of South Africa. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-10-23. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
- ↑ "Boskop Dam Nature Reserve". Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, North West Parks & Tourism Board. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012.
- ↑ "northwestparks.co.za". Archived from the original on 2018-09-17.
- ↑ "Fish mark-recapture study at Boskop dam" (PDF).
- ↑ The period during which the study was taken was unfavourable for clarias gariepinus numbers as it was just after spawning so the majority of the fish were still too small to be netted.
- ↑ These numbers have increased since the study, as the study was performed not too long after the micropterus Dolomieu was stocked in the dam.
- ↑ "Jacobs FJ Chapt. 2" (PDF).
- 1 2 (Koch and Schoonbee, 1975).
- ↑ Bredenkamp, G.J.; Bezuidenhout, H.; Joubert, H.; Naude, C. (1994-09-24). "The vegetation of the Boskop Dam Nature Reserve, Potchefstroom". Koedoe. 37 (1). doi: 10.4102/koedoe.v37i1.323 . ISSN 2071-0771.
- ↑ Records written in journal at dam office
- 1 2 3 "boskop yacht club". Archived from the original on 2017-05-13.
