4. SEA BIRDS OBSERVED ON AN EAST COAST VOYAGE

Skead, D. M. 1974. Habitats and feeding preferences of birds on the S.A. Lombard Nature Reserve, Transvaal. Ostrich 45:15-21.

The topography, climate and habitats of the S.A. Lombard Nature Reserve are described. The status of the 183 species recorded while the author was resident on the reserve, July 1964 to June 1967, was arranged into the various habitat types. It was found that 25% were residents while 65% of the residents occurred in the “Indifferent” category. Birds with a mixed diet predominated, 48,9%, while insect-eaters rated second, 35,8%.     

Binding of metal ions to polysaccharides. V. Potentiometric, spectroscopic, and viscosimetric studies of the binding of cations to chondroitin sulfate and chondroitin in neutral and acidic aqueous media

Binding of cations to chondroitin sulfate A and C, chondroitin, and D-glucuronate was investigated in neutral and acidic aqueous media using H+, Cu2+, and Na+ ion-specific electrodes, viscometry, electron spin resonance (esr), and ligand-field spectroscopy. Site binding to the carboxylate group and only electrostatic interaction with the sulfate group could describe the results well. The nitrogen atom of the N-acetyl group appeared not to be involved in bonding of cations to chondroitin(sulfate) systems. The interaction of the divalent metal ions follows the Irving-Williams series. The value of the electrostatic potential at the carboxylate group of chondroitin(sulfate), as experienced by a cation, was determined in dependence of cation bonding. It proved to be difficult to establish the composition of a complex of a metal ion with a polyion by means of a molar ratio curve.