Peer Reviewed Articles 2024

Peer-reviewed publications by SAIAB Scientists, Honorary Research Associates and Postgraduate Students using SAIAB’s address - 2024.

 Open Access

Aitchison, R. M., Ebert, D. A., Séret, B., & Weigmann, S. (2024). Review of three southwestern Indian Ocean species of Rhinobatos (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae). In Endangered Species Research (Vol. 53).
https://doi.org/10.3354/ESR01286  
 
Bates, A. E., Davies, M. A., Stuart-Smith, R. D., Lazzari, N., Lefcheck, J. S., Ling, S. D., Mellin, C., Mouillot, D., Bernard, A. T., Bennett, S., Brown, C. J., Burrows, M. T., Butler, C. L., Cinner, J., Clausius, E., Cooper, A., Costello, M. J., Denis-Roy, L., Edgar, G. J., . . . Baker, S. C. (2024). Overcome imposter syndrome: Contribute to working groups and build strong networks. Biological Conservation, 293, 110566.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110566  
 
Bigirimana, A., Kisekelwa, T., Da Costa, L. M., Huyghe, C. E. T., Banyankimbona, G., & Vreven, E. J. W. M. N. (2024). Description of a new endemic Enteromius (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the upper Malagarazi in Burundi: Lessons for a protected area under implementation. Journal of Fish Biology.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15652
 
Bigirimana, A., Kisekelwa, T., Da Costa, L. M., Muzumani, D. R., Mulelenu, C. M., Abwe, E., Banyankimbona, G., & Vreven, E. (2024). An Updated Checklist of the Fishes from the Upper Malagarazi (Lake Tanganyika Basin) in Burundi: Implications for an under Implementation Malagarazi Nature Reserve. Diversity, 16(7), 417.
https://doi.org/10.3390/d16070417  
 

Botha, T. P., Du Preez, L. H., Tarrant, J., & Coetzee, H. (2024). A mixed-methods study on human-frog interactions in Nature’s Valley, South Africa. African Journal of Herpetology, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/21564574.2024.2424884  

Bowlby, H. D., Dicken, M. L., Towner, A. V., Rogers, T., Waries, S., & Kock, A. (2024). Ecological conclusions remain unchanged for white sharks in South Africa: A reply to Gennari et al. 2024.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112160  

Burger, M., Bouwman, H., du Preez, L. H., & Landman, W. (2024). Larger Common River Frogs (Amietia delalandii) have Fewer and Shorter Tissue Microplastic Fibres than Smaller Frogs. (2).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-024-03852-7   

Pritchard Cairns, J., de Bragança, P.H.N. & South, J. A systematic review of poeciliid fish invasions in Africa. BMC Ecol Evo 24, 136 (2024).
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-024-02321-3  

Campos, D. S., De Oliveira, R. F., De Oliveira Vieira, L., De Bragança, P. H. N., Guimarães, E. C., Katz, A. M., Henschel, E., De Brito, P. S., South, J., & Ottoni, F. P. (2024). Well-intentioned initiatives hinder understanding biodiversity conservation: an essay on a recent deep-learning image classifier for Amazonian fishes. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-024-09901-y

Chaney, T., Pauwels, O. S. G., Nagy, Z. T., Gvoždík, V., Kusamba, C., Badjedjea, G., Masudi, F. M., Akuboy, J. B., Ernst, R., Trape, J.-F., Chirio, L., Conradie, W., Keates, C., Wallach, V., Zassi-Boulou, A.-G., Vaughan, E. R., & Greenbaum, E. (2024). Phylogenetics and Integrative Taxonomy of African Water Snakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Grayia). Herpetological Monographs, 38(1). https://doi.org/10.1655/herpmonographs-d-23-00002.1
 

Chikodza, T., Hill, M. P., Kinsler, D., & Coetzee, J. A. (2024). Biological control alters competition between Pontederia crassipes Mart. (Pontederiaceae) and Salvinia minima Baker (Salviniales: Salviniaceae) in a eutrophic waterbody. Aquatic Botany, 196, 103823.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2024.103823

Cliff, G., Booyens, N. G., Daly, R., Jordaan, G. L., Nkabi, N., Parker, D., & Mann, B. Q. (2024). Biology and ecology of the African blackspot shark Carcharhinus humani on the east coast of South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 46(1).
https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2024.2313544

Cocquyt, C., & Taylor, J. C. (2024). A new Actinella species (Eunotiaceae, Bacillariophyta) from the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 157(2), 149–157. https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.116102

Coetzer, W., & Lisher, M. (2024). Biodiversity Data curation as a profession in South African Natural science museums. Curator the Museum Journal.
https://doi.org/10.1111/cura.12666
 
Cowan, O. S., Conradie, W., Keates, C., Telford, N. S., Petford, M. A., Egan, V., & Tolley, K. A. (2024). Lost lizards: The importance of targeted surveys in filling knowledge gaps for reptile conservation in South Africa. Journal for Nature Conservation, 84, 126790.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2024.126790
 
Dabrowski, J., Meyer-Milne, E., Mantshi, H. T., Majingo, Z., Bills, D., & Mlambo, M. C. (2024). Diversity, occurrence, and conservation status of large branchiopods (Crustacea: Anostraca, Notostraca, Laevicaudata and Spinicaudata) in Northern Cape province, South Africa. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 44(4). 
de Necker, L., van Rooyen, D., Gerber, R., Brendonck, L., Wepener, V., & Smit, N. J. (2024). Effects of river regulation on aquatic invertebrate community composition: A comparative analysis in two southern African rivers. Ecology and Evolution, 14(2). 
 
Dierickx, K., Lunkayilakio, S. W., Bills, R., & Vreven, E. (2024). Morphometric synthesis of Pollimyrus (Teleostei, Mormyridae) with the description of four new species. Journal of Fish Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15983
 
Dixon, R., Murray, T., Mann, B., Cowley, P., Daly, R., & Filmalter, J. (2024). Longshore movements and site fidelity of the iconic giant trevally Caranx ignobilis from southern Africa, determined using passive acoustic telemetry. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 729.
https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14512
 
Du Preez, L. H., Lumpkin, S. K., Netherlands, E., & Channing, A. (2024). Unique breeding biology of the recently described Beytell’s bullfrog Pyxicephalus beytelli. African Journal of Ecology, 62(3).
https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13311
 
du Preez, L. H., Netherlands, E. C., Rödel, M. O., & Channing, A. (2024). A new bullfrog from southern Africa (Pyxicephalidae, Pyxicephalus Tschudi, 1838). African Journal of Herpetology, 73(1).
https://doi.org/10.1080/21564574.2023.2296654
 
Dupaix, A., Ménard, F., Filmalter, J. D., Baidai, Y., Bodin, N., Capello, M., Chassot, E., Demarcq, H., Deneubourg, J. L., Fonteneau, A., Forget, F., Forrestal, F., Gaertner, D., Hall, M., Holland, K. N., Itano, D., Kaplan, D. M., Lopez, J., Marsac, F., … Dagorn, L. (2024). The challenge of assessing the effects of drifting fish aggregating devices on the behaviour and biology of tropical tuna. Fish and Fisheries, 25(3).
https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12813
 
 
Dutton, H. R., DuPreez, L. H., Netherlands, E. C., Jordaan, B. J., & Bullard, S. A. (2024). Description of Female Dendritobilharzia pulverulenta (Braun, 1901) Skrjabin, 1924 from Two New Avian Hosts in Namibia With Phylogenetic Analyses and Comments on Several Taxonomically Uncertain Avian Schistosome Sequences. Journal of Parasitology, 110(2). https://doi.org/10.1645/23-44
 
Edworthy, C., James, N. C., Potts, W. M., Duncan, M. I., & Dupont, S. (2024). Temperate coastal fish shows resilience to extreme low pH in early larval stages. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 578, 152037.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2024.152037
 
Elston, C., & Murray, T. (2024). Multi-method approach identifies a South African estuary as an important elasmobranch habitat and potential nursery ground. African Journal of Marine Science, 46(2), 91–102.
https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232x.2024.2326814
 

Elston, C., Murray, T. S., Rogers, T., Parkinson, M. C., Mann, B. Q., Daly, R., Filmalter, J. D., & Cowley, P. D. (2024). Diamond Gymnura natalensis and duckbill Aetomylaeus bovinus rays undertake nationwide coastal migrations. Journal of Fish Biology.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15728

Esmaeili, H. R., Masoumi, A. H., Sayyadzadeh, G., Zarei, F., & Maclaine, J. (2024). Redescription of Cyprinion muscatense (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) with the first phylogenetic analysis of the genus. Journal of Fish Biology.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15708
 
Fikiye, P. P., Van As, L. L., Truter, M., Smit, N. J., & Hadfield, K. A. (2024). A new species of Neoergasilus Yin 1956 (Copepoda: Cyclopoida: Ergasilidae) parasitic on the catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) (Siluriformes: Clariidae) from South Africa. Systematic Parasitology, 101(5).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-024-10189-6
 
Finucci, B., Didier, D., Ebert, D. A., Green, M. E., & Kemper, J. M. (2024). Harriotta avia sp. nov. – a new rhinochimaerid (Chimaeriformes: Rhinochimaeridae) described from the Southwest Pacific. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 107(8), 841–865.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-024-01577-4
 

Finucci, B., Pacoureau, N., Rigby, C. L., Matsushiba, J. H., Faure-Beaulieu, N., Sherman, C. S., VanderWright, W. J., Jabado, R. W., Charvet, P., Mejía-Falla, P. A., Navia, A. F., Derrick, D. H., Kyne, P. M., Pollom, R. A., Walls, R. H. L., Herman, K. B., Kinattumkara, B., Cotton, C. F., Cuevas, J., . . . Dulvy, N. K. (2024). Fishing for oil and meat drives irreversible defaunation of deepwater sharks and rays. Science, 383(6687), 1135–1141.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ade9121  

Firth, L. B., Bone, J., Bartholomew, A., Bishop, M. J., Bugnot, A., Bulleri, F., Chee, S. Y., Claassens, L., Dafforn, K. A., Fairchild, T. P., Hall, A. E., Hanley, M. E., Komyakova, V., Lemasson, A. J., Loke, L. H. L., Mayer-Pinto, M., Morris, R., Naylor, L., Perkins, M. J., … Knights, A. M. (2024). Coastal greening of grey infrastructure: an update on the state-of-the-art. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Maritime Engineering.
https://doi.org/10.1680/jmaen.2023.003
 
Fischer, D. P., Criswell, R. W., Henning, A. M., Test, J. T., & Stauffer, J. R. (2024). Status and Distribution of the Chesapeake Logperch Percina bimaculata Haldeman, 1844 in Pennsylvania. Water, 16(17), 2466.
https://doi.org/10.3390/w16172466
 
Gauff, R. P. M., Mugnai, F., Mancuso, F. P., Porri, F., Costantini, F., & Airoldi, L. (2024). Distribution of native and non-indigenous bivalves and their settlers along an urban gradient. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11.

Groeneveld, M., Klein, J., Bennett, R., Abdulla, A., Bond, M., Ebert, D., Fernando, S., Gledhill, K., Jaquemet, S., Kiszka, J., Macdonald, A., Mann, B., Nevill, J., Price, A., Rumbelow, J., Sitoe, J., Van Staden, M., Wueringer, B., & Wueringer, B. (2024). Population genetic structure of the bottlenose and whitespotted wedgefishes (Rhynchobatus) from the Southwest Indian Ocean using a dual marker approach. Endangered Species Research, 53, 409–427.
https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01311

Jordaan, M. S., Barrow, S., Kadye, W., & Chakona, A. (2024). Status and distribution of a novel redfin lineage, Pseudobarbus sp. ‘burchelli Tradouw’ from the Cape Fold Ecoregion of South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science.
 
Kadye, W. T., Nkomo, T., Kambikambi, M. J., & Chakona, A. (2024). Trophic niche patterns of endangered Sandelia bainsii and Amatolacypris trevelyani in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: Insights from stable isotope analysis. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 34(2).
 
Konings, A. F., Miller, T. A., & Stauffer, J. R. (2024). Description of a rock-dwelling cichlid that re-invaded the sand substrate in Lake Malaŵi, Africa. Zootaxa, 5399(2). https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.2.7
 
Kyle, K. J., du Preez, L. H., Harvey, J., & Armstrong, A. J. (2024). Distribution, habitat and vulnerability to climate change of the Endangered Leptopelis xenodactylus. African Journal of Herpetology, 73(1).
https://doi.org/10.1080/21564574.2023.2279322
 

Kyne, P., Carlson, P., Aitchison, R., Hameli, S. A., D’Alberto, B., Gonzalez-Pestana, A., Groeneveld, M., Hanna, J., Karnad, D., & Ebert, D. (2024). Global status and research priorities for rhino rays. Endangered Species Research.
https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01366

Lett, C., Malauene, B., Hoareau, T., Kaplan, D., & Porri, F. (2024). Corridors and barriers to marine connectivity around southern Africa. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 731. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14312
 
Letlaila, F., Ayob, N., Nkosi, N., & De Necker, L. (2024). Historic water quality patterns in endemic schistosomiasis regions of southern Africa: Implications for disease vector distribution. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts a/B/C, 135, 103657.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2024.103657
 
Levin, J. C., Curtis, C. J., & Woodford, D. J. (2024). A multi-spatial scale assessment of land-use stress on water quality in headwater streams in the Platinum Belt, South Africa. The Science of the Total Environment, 927, 172180.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172180
 

Lubitz, N., Daly, R., Smoothey, A. F., Vianello, P., Roberts, M. J., Schoeman, D. S., Sheaves, M., Cowley, P. D., Dagorn, L., Forget, F. G., Soria, M., Peddemors, V. M., Filmalter, J. D., Butcher, P. A., Brett, G., & Barnett, A. (2024). Climate change-driven cooling can kill marine megafauna at their distributional limits. Nature Climate Change, 14(5), 526–535. 
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-01966-8

Lynch, A. J., Embke, H. S., Nyboer, E. A., Wood, L. E., Thorpe, A., Phang, S. C., Viana, D. F., Golden, C. D., Milardi, M., Arlinghaus, R., Baigun, C., Beard, T. D., Cooke, S. J., Cowx, I. G., Koehn, J. D., Lyach, R., Potts, W., Robertson, A. M., Schmidhuber, J., & Weyl, O. L. F. (2024). Inland recreational fisheries contribute nutritional benefits and economic value but are vulnerable to climate change. Nature Food, 5(5), 433–443. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-00961-8

Madsen, H., & Stauffer, J. R. (2024). Aquaculture of Animal Species: Their Eukaryotic Parasites and the Control of Parasitic Infections. In Biology (Vol. 13, Issue 1). https://doi.org/10.3390/biology13010041
 
Mann, B., Jordaan, G., Dalton, W., Daly, R., Soekoe, M., Potts, W., Smale, M., & Swart, L. (2024). Movement and growth of the spotted gully shark Triakis megalopterus in South African waters. African Journal of Marine Science, 46(2), 109–123.
https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232x.2024.2355868
 
Marr, S., Hlungwani, H., Weyl, O., & Sara, J. (2024). Per-recruit analysis and proposed sustainable harvest strategy for rednose labeo Labeo rosae and Mosambique tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus in Flag Boshielo Dam, Olifants River, South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 1–14.
https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2024.2326816
 
Martin, M. B., Chakona, A., Kadye, W. T., & Scheepers, M. (2024). Revalidation of Enteromius karkensis (Gilchrist and Thompson 1913) (Cypriniformes: Smiliogastrinae) from the southern temperate freshwater ecoregion, South Africa. Journal of Fish Biology.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15987
 
Martin, S. B., Gonchar, A., Louvard, C., Achatz, T. J., Truter, M., Yong, R. Q., Kremnev, G., Wee, N. Q., Bennett, J., Duong, B., Duflot, M., & Theisen, S. (2024). Trematodes 2024: the inaugural international meeting for trematode researchers. Trends in Parasitology, 40(11), 942–953.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2024.09.012
 
Mbandzi-Phorego, N., Puccinelli, E., Pieterse, P. P., Ndaba, J., & Porri, F. (2024). Metal bioaccumulation in marine invertebrates and risk assessment in sediments from South African coastal harbours and natural rocky shores. Environmental Pollution, 355, 124230.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124230
 
McInnes, A. M., Weideman, E. A., Carpenter-Kling, T., Barham, P., Christian, M., Day, K., Glencross, J. S., Hagen, C., Kock, A., Lawrence, C., Ludynia, K., Makhado, A., Pichegru, L., Shannon, L., Sherley, R. B., Smith, C., Steinfurth, A., Stander, N., Upfold, L., & Waller, L. (2024). Commercial fishery no-take zones for African penguins minimize fisheries losses at the expense of conservation gains. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 81(8), 1632–1646.
https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae109
 
Moffat, R., Weaver, K., Ngxande-Koza, S., Sebola, K., English, K., Kinsler, D., & Coetzee, J. (2024). Bridging boundaries: Six years of community engagement with biological control implementation and monitoring of water hyacinth on Hartbeespoort Dam, South Africa. Biological Control, 194, 105544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2024.105544
Muller, C., Lett, C., Porri, F., Pattrick, P., Bailey, D., Denis, H., Barrier, N., Potts, W., & Kaplan, D. (2024). Coastal connectivity of an abundant inshore fish species: model-data comparison along the southern coast of South Africa. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 731.
 
Mpakairi, K. S., Muthivhi, F. F., Dondofema, F., Munyai, L. F., & Dalu, T. (2024). Chlorophyll-a unveiled: unlocking reservoir insights through remote sensing in a subtropical reservoir. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 196(4).
 
Mpanza, N. P., Cuthbert, R. N., Pegg, J., & Wasserman, R. J. (2024). Assessing biological invasion predatory impacts through interaction strengths and morphological trophic profiling. Biological Invasions.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-024-03435-x
 
Mpopetsi, P. P., & Kadye, W. T. (2024). Isotopic diversity and niche patterns reveal contrasting resource use among co-occurring non-native fishes within a flow-altered African river system. Biological Invasions, 26(7), 2095–2117. 
 
Mukhari, D., Mofu, L., Lombard, A., Attwood, C., Witteveen, M., Smith, M., Cowley, P., Weyl, O., & Pegg, J. (2024). Life-history of invasive common carp, Cyprinus carpio , within a natural lake (Groenvlei), South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 49(3), 246–253.
https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2024.2388554
 
Munien, S., Adhikari, P. L., Reycraft, K., Mays, T. J., Naidoo, T., Pruitt, M., Arena, J., & Sershen. (2024). Application and Efficacy of Management Interventions for the Control of Microplastics in Freshwater Bodies: A Systematic Review. In Water (Switzerland) (Vol. 16, Issue 1).
Munyai, L. F., Liphadzi, T., Mutshekwa, T., Mutoti, M. I., Mofu, L., & Murungweni, F. M. (2024). Water and Sediment Chemistry as Drivers of Macroinvertebrates and Fish Assemblages in Littoral Zones of Subtropical Reservoirs. Water (Switzerland), 16(1).
 
Murray, T. S., Elston, C., Smale, M. J., Childs, A., Dicken, M. L., & Cowley, P. D. (2024). Marine predators segregate interspecifically by space and time in a sheltered coastal bay. Journal of Fish Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15781
 

Mutizwa, T. I., Kadye, W. T., Bragança, P. H. N., Bere, T., & Chakona, A. (2024). Hidden in the riffles: A new suckermouth catfish (Mochokidae, Chiloglanis) from the middle Zambezi River system, Zimbabwe. ZooKeys, 1197, 57–91.
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1197.114679

Mutshekwa, N. T., Mugwedi, N. L., Wasserman, N. R. J., Dondofema, N. F., Cuthbert, N. R., & Dalu, N. T. (2024). Aquatic macroinvertebrate community colonisation and succession in macadamia orchard and communal area reservoirs: a case study of Luvuvhu River valley, South Africa. Water SA, 50(2 April). 
https://doi.org/10.17159/wsa/2024.v50.i2.4083

Mzozo, Z. B., & Vine, N. G. (2024). Staining of larval abalone (haliotis midae) shells using two epifluorescent dyes. Journal of Applied Aquaculture. https://doi.org/10.1080/10454438.2024.2310833
 

Navia, A. F., Alfaro‐Shigueto, J., Ágreda‐Arango, J., Areano, E., Avalos‐Castillo, C., Bizzarro, J. J., Bustamante, C., Cevallos, A., Concha, F. J., Cruz‐Escalona, V. H., Ebert, D. A., Espinoza, M., González‐Leiva, A., Guzmán, H. M., Hearn, A., Hleap, J. S., Mangel, J. C., Mejía‐Falla, P. A., Morales‐Saldaña, J. M., . . . Vélez‐Zuazo, X. (2024). Unveiling macroecological patterns of elasmobranchs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Journal of Biogeography, 52(2), 323–349.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.15037

Peel, L. R., Meekan, M. G., Daly, R., Keating, C. A., Collin, S. P., Nogués, J., & Stevens, G. M. W. (2024). Remote hideaways: first insights into the population sizes, habitat use and residency of manta rays at aggregation areas in Seychelles. Marine Biology, 171(4).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04405-6
 
Phaka, F. M., du Preez, L. H., Huge, J., & Vanhove, M. P. M. (2024). Peer-reviewed research based on the relationship between South African cultures and biodiversity. In Koedoe (Vol. 66, Issue 1).
https://doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v66i1.1777
 
Pollom, R. A., Cheok, J., Pacoureau, N., Gledhill, K. S., Kyne, P. M., Ebert, D. A., Jabado, R. W., Herman, K. B., Bennett, R. H., Da Silva, C., Fernando, S., Kuguru, B., Leslie, R. W., McCord, M. E., Samoilys, M., Winker, H., Fennessy, S. T., Pollock, C. M., Rigby, C. L., & Dulvy, N. K. (2024). Overfishing and climate change elevate extinction risk of endemic sharks and rays in the southwest Indian Ocean hotspot. PLoS ONE, 19(9), e0306813. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306813
 
Pringle, B. A., Duncan, M. I., Winkler, A. C., Mafwila, S., Jagger, C., McKeown, N. J., Shaw, P. W., Henriques, R., & Potts, W. M. (2024). Effect of temperature on metabolic stress and recovery of two Argyrosomus species from simulated catch-and-release angling. Fisheries Management and Ecology.
 
Puccinelli, E., Logston, R., Russo, C. S., Ansorge, I. J., & von der Meden, C. E. O. (2024). Short-term temporal variability in offshore benthic biodiversity across hydrographic regions at a sub-Antarctic archipelago. In Marine Biology (Vol. 171, Issue 4).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04406-5
 
Puccinelli, E., Filander, Z., & Lamont, T. (2024). The influence of the cape canyon on the food web structure of the southern Benguela upwelling system. Journal of Marine Systems, 244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2024.103965
 
Schenekar, T., Baxter, J., Phukuntsi, M. A., Sedlmayr, I., Weckworth, B., & Mwale, M. (2024). Optimizing waterborne eDNA capture from waterholes in savanna systems under remote field conditions. Molecular Ecology Resources, 24(4). 
 
Smit, K. P., Sink, K. J., Shannon, L. J., Bernard, A. T. F., & Lombard, A. T. (2024). Groundtruthing cumulative impact assessments with biodiversity data: Testing indicators and methods for marine ecosystem condition assessments in South Africa. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 34(2).
https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4096
 
Towner, A., Micarelli, P., Hurwitz, D., Smale, M. J., Booth, A. J., Stopforth, C., Jacobs, E., Reinero, F. R., Ricci, V., di Bari, A., Gavazzi, S., Carugno, G., Mahrer, M., & Gennari, E. (2024). Further insights into killer whales Orcinus orca preying on white sharks Carcharodon carcharias in South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 46(1). https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2024.2311272
 

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