Peer-reviewed publications by SAIAB Scientists, Honorary Research Associates and Postgraduate Students using SAIAB’s address - 2020.
Open Accesshttps://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2020.1751980
Arkert, N. K., Childs, A.-R., Duncan, M. I., Farthing, M., & Potts, W. M. (2020). Physiological stress response and recovery of an important estuarine fishery species, dusky kob Argyrosomus japonicus, after a simulated catch-and-release event. African Journal of Marine Science, 42(3), 239–245. https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2020.1801505
Azari, M., Farjad, Y., Nasrolahi, A., de Stefano, M., Ehsanpour, M., Dobrestov, S., & Majewska, R. (2020). Diatoms on sea turtles and floating debris in the Persian Gulf (Western Asia). Phycologia, 59(4), 292–304.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2020.1752533
Barkhuizen, L. M., & Weyl, O. L. F. (2020). Evaluating the suitability of fyke nets for small-scale fisheries in the free state province of South Africa. Water SA, 46(1).
https://doi.org/10.17159/wsa/2020.v46.i1.7895
Braganca, P. H. N., Smith, T. G., Vreven, E. J. W. M. N., & Chakona, A. (2020). Integrative taxonomy reveals hidden diversity in the southern African darters genus Nannocharax Günther 1867 (Characiformes: Distichodontidae). Journal of Fish Biology, 97(6), 1713–1723.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14535
Bragança, P. H. N., van Zeeventer, R. M., Bills, R., Tweddle, D., & Chakona, A. (2020). Diversity of the southern africa lacustricola myers, 1924 and redescription of lacustricola johnstoni (Günther, 1894) and lacustricola myaposae (boulenger, 1908) (cyprinodontiformes, procatopodidae). ZooKeys, 2020(923), 91–113.
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.923.48420
Bronaugh, W. M., Swartz, E. R., & Sidlauskas, B. L. (2020). Between an ocean and a high place: coastal drainage isolation generates endemic cryptic species in the Cape kurper Sandelia capensis (Anabantiformes: Anabantidae), Cape Region, South Africa. Journal of Fish Biology, 96(5), 1087–1099.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14182
Bronnmann, J., Smith, M. D., Abbott, J., Hay, C. J., & Næsje, T. F. (2020). Integration of a local fish market in Namibia with the global seafood trade: Implications for fish traders and sustainability. World Development, 135.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105048
Buglass, S., Nagy, S., Ebert, D., Sepa, P., Turchik, A., Bell, K. L. C., Rivera, F., & Giddens, J. (2020). First records of the seven-gilled Notorynchus cepedianus and six-gilled Hexanchus griseus sharks (Chondrichthyes: Hexanchiformes: Hexanchidae) found in the Galápagos Marine Reserve. Journal of Fish Biology, 97(3), 926–929.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14447
Camp, E. V., Kaemingk, M. A., Ahrens, R. N. M., Potts, W. M., Pine, W. E., Weyl, O. L. F., & Pope, K. L. (2020). Resilience Management for Conservation of Inland Recreational Fisheries. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00498
Castañeda, R. A., Mandrak, N. E., Barrow, S., & Weyl, O. L. F. (2020). Occupancy dynamics of rare cyprinids after invasive fish eradication. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30(7), 1424–1436.
https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3364
Castañeda, R. A., van Nynatten, A., Crookes, S., Ellender, B. R., Heath, D. D., MacIsaac, H. J., Mandrak, N. E., & Weyl, O. L. F. (2020). Detecting Native Freshwater Fishes Using Novel Non-invasive Methods. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 8.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2020.00029
Chakona, A., Gouws, G., Kadye, W. T., Jordaan, M. S., & Swartz, E. R. (2020). Reconstruction of the historical distribution ranges of imperilled stream fishes from a global endemic hotspot based on molecular data: Implications for conservation of threatened taxa. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30(1).
https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3251
Chakona, A., Gouws, G., Kadye, W.T., Mpopetsi, P.P. and Skelton, P.H., 2020. Probing hidden diversity to enhance conservation of the endangered narrow-range endemic Eastern Cape rocky, Sandelia bainsii (Castelnau 1861). Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 62(1), pp.1-6.
https://doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v62i1.1627
Cowan, D. A., Hopkins, D. W., Jones, B. E., Maggs-Kölling, G., Majewska, R., & Ramond, J.-B. (2020). Microbiomics of Namib Desert habitats. Extremophiles, 24(1), 17–29.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-019-01122-7
Crookes, S., Heer, T., Castañeda, R. A., Mandrak, N. E., Heath, D. D., Weyl, O. L. F., MacIsaac, H. J., & Foxcroft, L. C. (2020). Monitoring the silver carp invasion in Africa: A case study using environmental DNA (eDNA) in dangerous watersheds. NeoBiota, 56, 31–47.
https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.56.47475
Cuthbert, R. N., Dalu, T., Wasserman, R. J., Weyl, O. L. F., Froneman, P. W., Callaghan, A., & Dick, J. T. A. (2020). Sex demographics alter the effect of habitat structure on predation by a temporary pond specialist. Hydrobiologia, 847(3).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-019-04142-8
Cuthbert, R. N., Dalu, T., Wasserman, R. J., Weyl, O. L. F., Froneman, P. W., Callaghan, A., & Dick, J. T. A. (2020). Lack of prey switching and strong preference for mosquito prey by a temporary pond specialist predator. Ecological Entomology, 45(2).
https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12801
Cuthbert, R. N., Dalu, T., Wasserman, R. J., Weyl, O. L. F., William Froneman, P., Callaghan, A., & Dick, J. T. A. (2020). Inter-population similarities and differences in predation efficiency of a mosquito natural enemy. Journal of Medical Entomology, 57(6), 1983–1987.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa093
Cuthbert, R. N., Wasserman, R. J., & Dalu, T. (2020). Arid-adapted paradiaptomid copepods contribute to mosquito regulation. African Zoology, 55(3), 185–186.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2020.1769498
Cuthbert, R. N., Wasserman, R. J., Dalu, T., Kaiser, H., Weyl, O. L. F., Dick, J. T. A., Sentis, A., McCoy, M. W., & Alexander, M. E. (2020). Influence of intra- and interspecific variation in predator–prey body size ratios on trophic interaction strengths. Ecology and Evolution, 10(12), 5946–5962.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6332
Cuthbert, R. N., Dalu, T., Wasserman, R. J., Weyl, O. L. F., Froneman, P. W., Callaghan, A., & Dick, J. T. A. (2020). Examining intraspecific multiple predator effects across shifting predator sex ratios. Basic and Applied Ecology, 45, 12–21.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2020.03.002
Cuthbert, R. N., Dalu, T., Wasserman, R. J., Weyl, O. L. F., Froneman, P. W., Callaghan, A., & Dick, J. T. A. (2020). Lack of prey switching and strong preference for mosquito prey by a temporary pond specialist predator. Ecological Entomology, 45(2), 369–372.
https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12801
Cuthbert, R. N., Sithagu, R., Weyl, O. L. F., Wasserman, R. J., Dick, J. T. A., Callaghan, A., Froneman, P. W., Foord, S., & Dalu, T. (2020). Water volume differentially modifies copepod predatory strengths on two prey types. Limnologica, 81.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2020.125747
Cuthbert, R. N., Dalu, T., Wasserman, R. J., Monaco, C. J., Callaghan, A., Weyl, O. L. F., & Dick, J. T. A. (2020). Assessing multiple predator, diurnal and search area effects on predatory impacts by ephemeral wetland specialist copepods. Aquatic Ecology, 54(1), 181–191.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-019-09735-y
Cuthbert, R. N., Dalu, T., Wasserman, R. J., Weyl, O. L. F., Froneman, P. W., Callaghan, A., & Dick, J. T. A. (2020). Sex demographics alter the effect of habitat structure on predation by a temporary pond specialist. Hydrobiologia, 847(3), 831–840.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-019-04142-8
Cuthbert, R. N., Dalu, T., Wasserman, R. J., Weyl, O. L. F., Froneman, P. W., Callaghan, A., Coughlan, N. E., & Dick, J. T. A. (2020). Alternative prey impedes the efficacy of a natural enemy of mosquitoes. Biological Control, 141.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2019.104146
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Dalton, D. L., Kotzé, A., McEwing, R., de Bruyn, M., Mnisi, C., & Mwale, M. (2020). A tale of the traded cat: development of a rapid real-time PCR diagnostic test to distinguish between lion and tiger bone. Conservation Genetics Resources, 12(1), 29–31.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-018-1060-x
Dalu, T., Cuthbert, R. N., Taylor, J. C., Magoro, M. L., Weyl, O. L. F., Froneman, P. W., & Wasserman, R. J. (2020). Benthic diatom-based indices and isotopic biomonitoring of nitrogen pollution in a warm temperate Austral river system. Science of the Total Environment, 748.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142452
Dalu, T., Bellingan, T. A., Gouws, J., Impson, N. D., Jordaan, M. S., Khosa, D., Marr, S. M., Mofu, L., Schumann, M., Slabbert, E., Wasserman, R. J., & Weyl, O. L. F. (2020). Ecosystem responses to the eradication of common carp Cyprinus carpio using rotenone from a reservoir in South Africa. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30(12), 2284–2297.
https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3463
Dalu, T., Magoro, M. L., Naidoo, L. S., Wasserman, R. J., Human, L. R., Adams, J. B., Perissinotto, R., Deyzel, S. H., Wooldridge, T., & Whitfield, A. K. (2020). Microphytobenthos diversity and community structure across different micro-estuaries and micro-outlets: Effects of environmental variables on community structure. Environmental Pollution, 260.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114097
Daly, R., Daly, C. A. K., Gray, A. E., Peel, L. R., Gordon, L., Lea, J. S. E., Clarke, C. R., & Weng, K. C. (2020). Investigating the efficacy of a proposed marine protected area for the Endangered humphead wrasse Cheilinus undulatus at a remote island group in Seychelles. Endangered Species Research, 42, 7–20.
https://doi.org/10.3354/ESR01035
Daniels, S. R., James, N. C., & Gouws, G. (2020). Phylogeographic structure and continued surveys of a Vulnerable South African freshwater crab (Potamonautidae, Potamonautes lividus): Implications for the IUCN Red Listing of the Afrotropical fauna. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30(12), 2221–2239.
https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3449
de Ridder, F., & Taylor, J. C. (2020). Diatom types of R.E.M. Archibald from Lake Sibaya and Lake Nhlange, South Africa. Diatom Research, 35(1), 37–54.
https://doi.org/10.1080/0269249X.2020.1733099
Dickey, J. W. E., Cuthbert, R. N., South, J., Britton, J. R., Caffrey, J., Chang, X., Crane, K., Coughlan, N. E., Fadaei, E., Farnsworth, K. D., Weyl, O. L. F., & Dick, J. T. A. (2020). On the RIP: Using Relative Impact Potential to assess the ecological impacts of invasive alien species. NeoBiota, 55, 27–60. https://doi.org/10.3897/NEOBIOTA.55.49547
du Preez, L. H., & Verneau, O. (2020). Eye to eye: classification of conjunctival sac polystomes (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) revisited with the description of three new genera Apaloneotrema n. g., Aussietrema n. g. and Fornixtrema n. g. Parasitology Research, 119(12), 4017–4031.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06888-w
Duncan, M. I., James, N. C., Potts, W. M., & Bates, A. E. (2020). Different drivers, common mechanism; the distribution of a reef fish is restricted by local-scale oxygen and temperature constraints on aerobic metabolism. Conservation Physiology, 8(1).
https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaa090
Elston, C., Cowley, P. D., von Brandis, R. G., & Fisk, A. (2020). Dietary niche differentiation in a mesopredatory dasyatid assemblage. Marine Biology, 167(7).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-03695-w
Engelbrecht, T. M., Kock, A. A., O’Riain, M. J., Mann, B. Q., Dunlop, S. W., & Barnett, A. (2020). Movements and growth rates of the broadnose sevengill shark Notorynchus cepedianus in southern Africa: results from a long-term cooperative tagging programme. African Journal of Marine Science, 42(3), 247–259.
https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2020.1802776
Fan, L., Xu, W., Jia, T., Netherlands, E. C., & du Preez, L. H. (2020). Polystoma luohetong n. sp. (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) from Rana chaochiaoensis Liu (Amphibia: Ranidae) in China. Systematic Parasitology, 97(6), 639–647.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-020-09937-1
Forget, F., Cowley, P. D., Capello, M., Filmalter, J. D., & Dagorn, L. (2020). Drifting along in the open-ocean: The associative behaviour of oceanic triggerfish and rainbow runner with floating objects. Marine Environmental Research, 161.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.104994
Forget, F., Dagorn, L., Mérigot, B., Gaertner, J. C., Robinson, J., Cowley, P. D., Adam, M. S., Rilwan, Y., Koonjul, M., Mangar, V., Taquet, M., & Ménard, F. (2020). Beta diversity of pelagic assemblages at fish aggregating devices in the open ocean. African Journal of Marine Science, 42(2), 247–254. https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2020.1774804
Fourie, J., Taute, F., du Preez, L., & de Beer, D. (2020). Chitosan Composite Biomaterials for Bone Tissue Engineering—a Review. Regenerative Engineering and Translational Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40883-020-00187-7
Frankowski, J., Lübke, K., Coke, M., & Weyl, O. L. F. (2020). Genetic variability and demographic history of Anguilla mossambica (Peters, 1852) from continental Africa and Madagascar. Journal of Fish Biology, 96(5), 1251–1259.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14220
Fraser, M. D., Henderson, B. A. S., Carstens, P. B., Fraser, A. D., Henderson, B. S., Dukes, M. D., & Bruton, M. N. (2020). Live coelacanth discovered off the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 116(3–4).
https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2020/7806
Frehse, F. de A., Hargrove, J. S., Weyl, O. L. F., & Vitule, J. R. S. (2020). The genetic characteristics of invasive Largemouth Bass in southern Brazil. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 36(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.13987
Frehse, F. A., Weyl, O. L. F., & Vitule, J. R. S. (2020). Comparison of visual census and underwater video for fish sampling in Neotropical reservoirs. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 103(11), 1269–1277.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-020-01021-3
Gess, R. W., & Whitfield, A. K. (2020). Estuarine fish and tetrapod evolution: insights from a Late Devonian (Famennian) Gondwanan estuarine lake and a southern African Holocene equivalent. Biological Reviews, 95(4), 865–888.
https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12590
Giddens, J., Salinas-de-León, P., Friedlander, A., Ebert, D. A., Henning, B., & Turchik, A. (2020). First observation of a Hydrolagus melanophasma (Chondrichthyes, Chimaeriformes, Holocephali) aggregation with egg cases extruding from a female. Marine Biodiversity, 50(6).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01122-3
Glass, J. R., Daly2, R., Cowley2, P. D., & Post1, D. M. (2020). Spatial trophic variability of a coastal apex predator, the giant trevally caranx ignobilis, in the western indian ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 641, 195–208.
https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13305
Gon, O., Bogorodsky, S. V., Mal, A. O., & Alpermann, T. J. (2020). A new species of the cardinalfish genus Apogon (Teleostei, Apogonidae) from the southern Red Sea and Indian Ocean with comments on phylogenetic relationships within the Apogonini. Zootaxa, 4896(4), 485–504.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4896.4.2
Gouws, G., Kerwath, S. E., Potts, W. M., James, N. C., Vine, N. G., & Cowley, P. D. (2020). High genetic diversity and limited spatial structure in an endangered, endemic South African sparid, the red steenbras Petrus rupestris. African Journal of Marine Science, 42(3), 195–206. https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2020.1788640
Guimarães, E. C., de Brito, P. S., Bragança, P. H. N., Santos, J. P., Katz, A. M., Carvalho Costa, L. F., & Ottoni, F. P. (2020). Integrative taxonomy reveals two new cryptic species of hyphessobrycon durbin, 1908 (Teleostei: Characidae) from the maracaçumé and middle tocantins river basins, Eastern Amazon region. European Journal of Taxonomy, 2020(723), 77–107.
https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.723.1145
Hannweg, B., Marr, S. M., Bloy, L. E., & Weyl, O. L. F. (2020). Habitat utilisation of Pseudobarbus afer and Sandelia capensis in headwaters of the Swartkops River, Eastern Cape, South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 45(3), 364–371.
https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2020.1719815
Hannweg, B., Marr, S. M., Bloy, L. E., & Weyl, O. L. F. (2020). Using action cameras to estimate the abundance and habitat use of threatened fish in clear headwater streams. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 45(3), 372–377.
https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2019.1701404
Hemmi, K., Kakehashi, R., Kambayashi, C., du Preez, L., Minter, L., Furuno, N., & Kurabayashi, A. (2020). Exceptional enlargement of the mitochondrial genome results from distinct causes in different rain frogs (anura: Brevicipitidae: Breviceps). International Journal of Genomics, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/6540343
Henschel, E., Bragança, P. H. N., Rangel-Pereira, F., & Costa, W. J. E. M. (2020). A new psammophilic species of the catfish genus ammoglanis (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) from the Amazon River Basin, Northern Brazil. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 96(1), 67–72.
https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.96.48952
Holleman, W. (2020). Phillip C. Heemstra (1941-2019): Ichthyologist extraordinaire. South African Journal of Science, 116(4–4).
https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2020/7812
Jackson, D. W. T., Cooper, A., Green, A., Beyers, M., Guisado-Pintado, E., Wiles, E., Benallack, K., & Balme, M. (2020). Reversing transverse dunes: Modelling of airflow switching using 3D computational fluid dynamics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 544.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116363
Jackson, M. C., Fourie, H. E., Dalu, T., Woodford, D. J., Wasserman, R. J., Zengeya, T. A., Ellender, B. R., Kimberg, P. K., Jordaan, M. S., Chimimba, C. T., Chimimba, C. T., & Weyl, O. L. F. (2020). Food web properties vary with climate and land use in South African streams. Functional Ecology, 34(8), 1653–1665.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13601
Jacobs, F. J., Weyl, O. L. F., Ulvan, E. M., Hay, C., & Naesje, T. F. (2020). First observation of fouling of externally attached radio transmitters in an African river. Water SA, 46(4), 672–674. https://doi.org/10.17159/wsa/2020.v46.i4.9082
Jacobs, F. J., Næsje, T. F., Ulvan, E. M., Weyl, O. L. F., Tiyeho, D., Hay, C. J., O’Brien, G. C., & Downs, C. T. (2020). Implications of the movement behaviour of African tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus for the design of freshwater protected areas. Journal of Fish Biology, 96(5), 1260–1268.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14158
James, N. C., Adams, J. B., Connell, A. D., Lamberth, S. J., MacKay, C. F., Snow, G. C., van Niekerk, L., & Whitfield, A. K. (2020). High flow variability and storm events shape the ecology of the Mbhashe Estuary, South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 45(1–2), 131–151. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2020.1733472
James, N. C., & Harrison, T. D. (2020). A preliminary fish survey of the estuaries on the south-east coast of South Africa, kei estuary to Mdumbi: A comparative study. Water SA, 46(3), 366–382. https://doi.org/10.17159/wsa/2020.v46.i3.8647
Jordaan, M. S., Chakona, A., & van der Colff, D. (2020). Protected Areas and Endemic Freshwater Fishes of the Cape Fold Ecoregion: Missing the Boat for Fish Conservation? Frontiers in Environmental Science, 8.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2020.502042
Kanjer, L., Majewska, R., van de Vijver, B., Gračan, R., Lazar, B., & Bosak, S. (2020). Diatom diversity on the skin of frozen historic loggerhead sea turtle specimens. Diversity, 12(10), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12100383
Kao, Y.-C., Rogers, M. W., Bunnell, D. B., Cowx, I. G., Qian, S. S., Anneville, O., Beard, T. D., Brinker, A., Britton, J. R., Chura-Cruz, R., Weyl, O. L. F., & Young, J. D. (2020). Effects of climate and land-use changes on fish catches across lakes at a global scale. Nature Communications, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14624-2
Katemo Manda, B., Snoeks, J., Decru, E., Bills, R., & Vreven, E. (2020). Enteromius thespesios (Teleostei: Cyprinidae): a new minnow species with a remarkable sexual dimorphism from the south-eastern part of the Upper Congo River. Journal of Fish Biology, 96(5), 1160–1175.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14108
Khosa, D., South, J., Cuthbert, R. N., Wasserman, R. J., & Weyl, O. L. F. (2020). Temperature regime drives differential predatory performance in Largemouth Bass and Florida Bass. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 103(1), 67–76.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-019-00933-z
Kisten, Y., Edworthy, C., & Strydom, N. A. (2020). Fine-scale habitat use by larval fishes in the Swartkops Estuary, South Africa. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 103(1), 125–136.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-019-00939-7
Kuzmin, Y., Svitin, R., Harnoster, F., & du Preez, L. (2020). Description and molecular characterisation of a new nematode species parasitic in the lungs of Strongylopus grayii (Smith) (Anura: Pyxicephalidae) in South Africa. Systematic Parasitology, 97(4), 369–378.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-020-09917-5
Kyle, K., & du Preez, L. H. (2020). Mom’s Taxi-Maternal Care in Shovel-Nosed Frogs Hemisus marmoratus and Hemisus guttatus. African Zoology, 55(1), 1–5.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2019.1677497
Kyne, P. M., Jabado, R. W., Rigby, C. L., Dharmadi, Gore, M. A., Pollock, C. M., Herman, K. B., Cheok, J., Ebert, D. A., Simpfendorfer, C. A., Simpfendorfer, C. A., & Dulvy, N. K. (2020). The thin edge of the wedge: Extremely high extinction risk in wedgefishes and giant guitarfishes. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30(7), 1337–1361.
https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3331
Langlois, T., Goetze, J., Bond, T., Monk, J., Abesamis, R. A., Asher, J., Barrett, N., Bernard, A. T. F., Bouchet, P. J., Birt, M. J., Williams, J., & Harvey, E. S. (2020). A field and video annotation guide for baited remote underwater stereo-video surveys of demersal fish assemblages. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11(11), 1401–1409.
https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13470
Lea, J. S. E., Humphries, N. E., Bortoluzzi, J., Daly, R., von Brandis, R. G., Patel, E., Patel, E., Clarke, C. R., & Sims, D. W. (2020). At the Turn of the Tide: Space Use and Habitat Partitioning in Two Sympatric Shark Species Is Driven by Tidal Phase. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00624
Lennox, R.J., Harcourt, R., Bennett, J.R., Davies, A., Ford, A.T., Frey, R.M., Hayward, M.W., Hussey, N.E., Iverson, S.J., Kays, R. and Kessel, S.T., 2020. A novel framework to protect animal data in a world of ecosurveillance. BioScience, 70(6), pp.468-476.
https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa035
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