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BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Bizabani, C. & Dames, J. 2015. Effects of inoculating Lachnum and Cadophora isolates on the growth of Vaccinium corymbosum. Microbiological Research, 181: 68–74. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2015.08.005 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Dames, J.F. 2014. Biological control: PGPR and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi working together, in: Use of Microbes for the Alleviation of Soil Stresses: Volume 2: Alleviation of Soil Stress by Pgpr and Mycorrhizal Fungi. pp. 39–53.

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Faya, N., Penkler, D.L. & Tastan, B. 2015. Human, vector and parasite Hsp90 proteins: A comparative bioinformatics analysis. FEBS Open Bio, 5(1): 916–927. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fob.2015.11.003 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Kuhad, R.C., Deswal, D., Sharma, S., Bhattacharya, A., Jain, K.K., Kaur, A., Pletschke, B.I., Singh, A. & Karp, M. 2016. Revisiting cellulase production and redefining current strategies based on major challenges. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 55: 249–272. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.10.132 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Malgas, S., Susan, V.D., Abboo, S. & Pletschke, B.I. 2016. The inhibitory effects of various substrate pre-treatment by-products and wash liquors on mannanolytic enzymes. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 123: 132–140. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcatb.2015.11.014 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Mukhopadhyay, A. & Chakrabarti, K. 2015. Enhancement of thermal and pH stability of an alkaline metalloprotease by nano-hydroxyapatite and its potential applications. RSC Advances, 5(109): 89346–89362. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5RA16179G [Accessed 28 January 2016].

BOTANY: Simpson, K.J., Ripley, B.S., Christin, P.-A., Belcher, C.M., Lehmann, C.E.R., Thomas, G.H. & Osborne, C.P. 2016. Determinants of flammability in savanna grass species. Journal of Ecology, 104(1): 138–148. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12503 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Achadu, O.J., Uddin, I. & Nyokong, T. 2016. Fluorescence behavior of nanoconjugates of graphene quantum dots and zinc phthalocyanines. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 317: 12–25. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2015.11.006 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Bankole, O.M. & Nyokong, T. 2016. Nonlinear optical response of a low symmetry phthalocyanine in the presence of gold nanoparticles when in solution or embedded in poly acrylic acid polymer thin films. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 319-320: 8–17. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2015.12.014 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Bankole, O.M., YIlmaz, Y. & Nyokong, T. 2016. Nonlinear optical behavior of alkyne terminated phthalocyanines in solution and when embedded in polysulfone as thin films: Effects of aggregation. Optical Materials, 51: 194–202. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2015.11.041 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Manyeruke, M.H., Olomola, T.O., Majumder, S., Abrahams, S., Isaacs, M., Mautsa, N., Mosebi, S., Mnkandhla, D., Hewer, R., Hoppe, H.C., Klein, R. & Kaye, P.T. 2015. Synthesis and evaluation of 3-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanoate ester-AZT conjugates as potential dual-action HIV-1 Integrase and Reverse Transcriptase inhibitors. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 23: 7521–7528. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2015.10.039 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Managa, M., Mack, J., Gonzalez-Lucasb, D., Remiro-Buenamañana, S., Tshangana, C., Cammidge, A.N. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Photophysical properties of tetraphenylporphyrinsubphthalocyanine conjugates. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S1088424615500959 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Noundou, X.S., Krause, R.W.M., Van, V., Ndinteh, D.T. & Olivier, D.K. 2016. Antibacterial effects of Alchornea cordifolia (Schumach. and Thonn.) Müll. Arg extracts and compounds on gastrointestinal, skin, respiratory and urinary tract pathogens. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 179: 76–82. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2015.12.043 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Odame, F., Hosten, E., Betz, R., Lobb, K. & Tshentu, Z.R. 2015. Benzimidazole or diamide from a reaction of diamines and carboxylic acids or acid chlorides: Crystal structures and theoretical studies. Acta Chimica Slovenica, 62: 986–994. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.17344/acsi.2015.1703 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Olomola, T.O., Klein, R., Caira, M.R. & Kaye, P.T. 2016. Elucidating Latent Mechanistic Complexity in Competing Acid-Catalyzed Reactions of Salicylaldehyde-Derived Baylis-Hillman Adducts. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 81: 109–120. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5b02372 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Sekhosana, K.E., Amuhaya, E. & Nyokong, T. 2016. Nonlinear optical behavior of neodymium mono- and bi-nuclear phthalocyanines linked to zinc oxide nanoparticles and incorporated into poly acrylic acid. Polyhedron, 105: 159–169. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2015.12.045 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Shumba, M., Mashazi, P. & Nyokong, T. 2016. “Turn on” fluorescence enhancement of Zn octacarboxyphthaloyanine-graphene oxide conjugates by hydrogen peroxide. Journal of Luminescence, 170: 317–324. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2015.11.001 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Sobola, A.O., Watkins, G.M., Van, B. & Adejoro, I.A. 2016. Synthesis, structure, and theoretical studies of bis(five-coordinate) -O-[CuL 2] 2: Predicting distortion toward trigonality. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 69: 81–89. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00958972.2015.1110853 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Xue, Z., Wang, Y., Mack, J., Fang, Y., Ou, Z., Zhu, W. & Kadish, K.M. 2015. Synthesis and Characterization of Palladium(II) Complexes of meso-Substituted [14]Tribenzotriphyrin(2.1.1). Inorganic Chemistry, 54: 11852–11858. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02093 [Accessed 28 Janaury 2016].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Darlow, L.N. & Connan, J. 2015. Efficient internal and surface fingerprint extraction and blending using optical coherence tomography. Applied Optics, 54: 9258–9268. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.54.009258 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Darlow, L.N. & Connan, J. 2015. Study on internal to surface fingerprint correlation using optical coherence tomography and internal fingerprint extraction. Journal of Electronic Imaging, 24. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JEI.24.6.063014 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Machanick, P. 2015. How General-Purpose can a GPU be?: viewpoint. South African Computer Journal, 57: 113–117. Available: http://0-hdl.handle.net.wam.seals.ac.za/10520/EJC181693 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Machanick, P. 2015. Looking fresh: editorial. South African Computer Journal, 57: vii–viii. Available: http://0-hdl.handle.net.wam.seals.ac.za/10520/EJC181699 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

ELECTRON MICROSCOPE UNIT & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Pinchuck, S.C., Allanson, B.R. & Hodgson, A.N. 2015. Evolutionary retention of defensive lateral pedal glands in the smallest siphonariid limpet (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). African Zoology, 50: 327–330. Available: http://0-hdl.handle.net.wam.seals.ac.za/10520/EJC183115 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & GEOGRAPHY: Thondhlana, G., Cundill, G. & Kepe, T. 2015. Co-management, Land Rights, and Conflicts Around South Africa’s Silaka Nature Reserve. Society & Natural Resources, 0: 1–15. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2015.1089609 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Ruwanza, S. & Shackleton, C.M. 2016. Incorporation of environmental issues in South Africa’s municipal Integrated Development Plans. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 23: 28–39. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2015.1062161 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

GEOLOGY: Falzoni, F., Petrizzo, M.R., Jenkyns, H.C., Gale, A.S. & Tsikos, H. 2016. Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and assemblage composition across the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary interval at Clot Chevalier (Vocontian Basin, SE France). Cretaceous Research, 59: 69–97. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.028 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

GEOLOGY: Julian, B.R., Foulger, G.R., Hatfield, O., Jackson, S.E., Simpson, E., Einbeck, J. & Moore, A. 2015. Hotspots in hindsight. Special Paper of the Geological Society of America, 514: 105–121. Available: http://specialpapers.gsapubs.org/content/514/105.full.pdf+html [Accessed 28 January 2016].

HUMAN KINETICS AND ERGONOMICS: Phairah, K., Brink, M., Chirwa, P. & Todd, A. 2016. Operator work-related musculoskeletal disorders during forwarding operations in South Africa: an ergonomic assessment. Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science, 0: 1–9. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/20702620.2015.1126781 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Cochrane, K.L., Joyner, J., Sauer, W.H.H. & Swan, J. 2015. An evaluation of the Marine Living Resources Act and supporting legal instruments as a framework for implementation of an ecosystem approach to fisheries in South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 37: 437–456. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2015.1100682 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Downey-Breedt, N.J., Roberts, M.J., Sauer, W.H.H. & Chang, N. 2016. Modelling transport of inshore and deep-spawned chokka squid (Loligo reynaudi) paralarvae off South Africa: The potential contribution of deep spawning to recruitment. Fisheries Oceanography, 25: 28–43. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fog.12132 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Filmalter, J., Cowley, P., Forget, F. & Dagorn, L. 2015. Fine-scale 3-dimensional movement behaviour of silky sharks Carcharhinus falciformis associated with fish aggregating devices (FADs). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 539: 207–223. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11514 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Van, D.V., Sauer, W.H.H., McKeown, N.J., Yemane, D., Shaw, P.W. & Lipinski, M.R. 2015. Phenotypic divergence despite high gene flow in chokka squid Loligo reynaudii (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae): implications for fishery management. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315415001794 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Hughes, D.A. 2015. Hydrological modelling, process understanding and uncertainty in a southern African context: Lessons from the northern hemisphere. Hydrological Processes. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10721 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Hughes, D.A. 2015. Scientific and practical tools for dealing with water resource estimations for the future. Presented at the IAHS-AISH Proceedings and Reports, pp. 23–28. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/piahs-371-23-2015 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Stisen, S. & Tumbo, M. 2015. Interpolation of daily raingauge data for hydrological modelling in data sparse regions using pattern information from satellite data. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 60: 1911–1926. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2014.992789 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Vaze, J., Chiew, F., Hughes, D. & Andréassian, V. 2015. Preface: HS02 - Hydrologic non-stationarity and extrapolating models to predict the future. IAHS-AISH Proceedings and Reports, 371: 1–2. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/piahs-371-1-2015 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Andriantiana, E.O.D., Wagner, S. & Wang, H. 2016. Maximum wiener index of trees with given segment sequence. Match, 75: 91–104.

MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Delva, P., Hees, A., Bertone, S., Richard, E. & Wolf, P. 2015. Test of the gravitational redshift with stable clocks in eccentric orbits: Application to Galileo satellites 5 and 6. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 32. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/32/23/232003 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Fleury, P., Larena, J. & Uzan, J.-P. 2015. The theory of stochastic cosmological lensing. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2015. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2015/11/022 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Henning, M.A. & Naicker, V. 2016. Bounds on the disjunctive total domination number of a tree. Discussiones Mathematicae - Graph Theory, 36: 153–171. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.7151/dmgt.1854 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

PHARMACY & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICE: Siruma, A., Tandlich, R., Hornby, D. & Srinivas, C.S., 2015a. Role of higher education institution and community engagement in disaster management in South Africa. Presented at the International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference Surveying Geology and Mining Ecology Management, SGEM, pp. 783–789. Available: http://sgem.org/sgemlib/spip.php?article6497 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

PHARMACY, COMPUTER SCIENCE & OFFICE OF ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT: Tandlich, R., Luyt, C.D., Irwin, B., Thinyane, H. & Kohly, N. 2015. Proposed paradigm and potential problems with non-governmental information sources of microbial water quality information in South Africa. Presented at the International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference Surveying Geology and Mining Ecology Management, SGEM, pp. 761–768. Available: http://sgem.org/sgemlib/spip.php?article6495 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

PHARMACY: Rath, S., Tariq, M., Mushoriwa, F., Chigumete, T., Morobi, T. & Srinivas, S. 2015. Economics of Non-Communicable Diseases: Case Study of South Africa and India. Indian Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 8: 90–97. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.5530/ijopp.8.3.2 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

PHARMACY: Venables, L., Koekemoer, T.C., Van,  de V. & Goosen, E.D. 2016. Isoalantolactone, a sesquiterpene lactone from Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd and its in vitro mechanism of induced cell death in HeLa cells. South African Journal of Botany, 103: 216–221. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2015.08.016 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Drlica-Wagner, A., Bechtol, K., Rykoff, E.S., Luque, E., Queiroz, A., Mao, Y.-Y., Wechsler, R.H., Simon, J.D., Santiago, B., Yanny, B., Balbinot, E., Dodelson, S., Neto, A.F., James, D.J., Li, T.S., Maia, M.A.G., Marshall, J.L., Pieres, A., Stringer, K., Walker, A.R., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Allam, S., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bernstein, G.M., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D.L., Rosell, A.C., Kind, M.C., Carretero, J., Crocce, M., Da, C., Desai, S., Diehl, H.T., Dietrich, J.P., Doel, P., Eifler, T.F., Evrard, A.E., Finley, D.A., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D.W., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R.A., Gutierrez, G., Honscheid, K., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Martini, P., Miquel, R., Nord, B., Ogando, R., Plazas, A.A., Reil, K., Roodman, A., Sako, M., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, R.C., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Tucker, D., Vikram, V., Wester, W., Zhang, Y. & Zuntz, J. 2015. Eight ultra-faint galaxy candidates discovered in year two of the dark energy survey. Astrophysical Journal, 813. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/813/2/109 [Accessed 28 January 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Kondratiev, V.I., Verbiest, J.P.W., Hessels, J.W.T., Bilous, A.V., Stappers, B.W., Kramer, M., Keane, E.F., Noutsos, A., Osłowski, S., Breton, R.P., Hassall, T.E., Alexov, A., Cooper, S., Falcke, H., Grießmeier, J.-M., Karastergiou, A., Kuniyoshi, M., Pilia, M., Sobey, C., Ter, V., Van, L., Weltevrede, P., Bell, M.E., Broderick, J.W., Corbel, S., Eisloffel, J., Markoff, S., Rowlinson, A., Swinbank, J.D., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Wijnands, R. & Zarka, P. 2016. A LOFAR census of millisecond pulsars. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 585. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527178 [Accessed 29 January 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Nelles, A., Hörandel, J.R., Karskens, T., Krause, M., Buitink, S., Corstanje, A., Enriquez, J.E., Erdmann, M., Falcke, H., Haungs, A., Hiller, R., Huege, T., Krause, R., Link, K., Norden, M.J., Rachen, J.P., Rossetto, L., Schellart, P., Scholten, O., Schröder, F.G., Veen, S.T., Thoudam, S., Trinh, T.N.G., Weidenhaupt, K., Wijnholds, S.J., Anderson, J., Bähren, L., Bell, M.E., Bentum, M.J., Best, P., Bonafede, A., Bregman, J., Brouw, W.N., Brüggen, M., Butcher, H.R., Carbone, D., Ciardi, B., De, G., Duscha, S., Eislöffel, J., Fallows, R.A., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Haarlem, M.P.V., Heald, G., Hoeft, M., Horneffer, A., Iacobelli, M., Juette, E., Karastergiou, A., Kohler, J., Kondratiev, V.I., Kuniyoshi, M., Kuper, G., Leeuwen, J.V., Maat, P., McFadden, R., McKay-Bukowski, D., Orru, E., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pandey, V.N., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A.G., Reich, W., Röttgering, H., Schwarz, D., Serylak, M., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Tasse, C., Toribio, M.C., Vermeulen, R., Weeren, R.J.V., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Wucknitz, O. & Zarka, P. 2015. Calibrating the absolute amplitude scale for air showers measured at LOFAR. Journal of Instrumentation, 10. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/10/11/P11005 [Accessed 29 January 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Orru, E., Van, V., Pizzo, R.F., Yatawatta, S., Paladino, R., Iacobelli, M., Murgia, M., Falcke, H., Morganti, R., De, B., Ferrari, C., Anderson, J., Bonafede, A., Mulcahy, D., Asgekar, A., Avruch, I.M., Beck, R., Bell, M.E., Van, B., Bentum, M.J., Bernardi, G., Best, P., Breitling, F., Broderick, J.W., Bruggen, M., Butcher, H.R., Ciardi, B., Conway, J.E., Corstanje, A., De, G., Deller, A., Duscha, S., Eisloffel, J., Engels, D., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Grießmeier, J., Gunst, A.W., Hamaker, J.P., Heald, G., Hoeft, M., Van, D.H., Intema, H., Juette, E., Kohler, J., Kondratiev, V.I., Kuniyoshi, M., Kuper, G., Loose, M., Maat, P., Mann, G., Markoff, S., McFadden, R., McKay-BGBRowski, D., Miley, G., Moldon, J., Molenaar, G., Munk, H., Nelles, A., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pandey, V.N., Pietka, G., Polatidis, A.G., Reich, W., Rottgering, H., Rowlinson, A., Scaife, A., Schoenmakers, A., Schwarz, D., Serylak, M., Shulevski, A., Smirnov, O., Steinmetz, M., Stewart, A., Swinbank, J., Tagger, M., Tasse, C., Thoudam, S., Toribio, M.C., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Van, W., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Wise, M.W. & Wucknitz, O. 2015. Wide-field LOFAR imaging of the field around the double-double radio galaxy B1834+620: A fresh view on a restarted AGN and doubeltjes. Astronomy and Astrophysics,584. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526501 [Accessed 29 January 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Zhang, Y., Miller, C., McKay, T., Rooney, P., Evrard, A.E., Romer, A.K., Perfecto, R., Song, J., Desai, S., Mohr, J., Wilcox, H., Bermeo-Hernandez, A., Jeltema, T., Hollowood, D., Bacon, D., Capozzi, D., Collins, C., Das, R., Gerdes, D., Hennig, C., Hilton, M., Hoyle, B., Kay, S., Liddle, A., Mann, R.G., Mehrtens, N., Nichol, R.C., Papovich, C., Sahlén, M., Soares-Santos, M., Stott, J., Viana, P.T., Abbott, T., Abdalla, F.B., Banerji, M., Bauer, A.H., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D.L., Rosell, A.C., Castander, F.J., Diehl, H.T., Doel, P., Cunha, C.E., Eifler, T.F., Neto, A.F., Fernandez, E., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R.A., Honscheid, K., James, D., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Maia, M.A.G., Makler, M., Marshall, J.L., Martini, P., Miquel, R., Ogando, R., Plazas, A.A., Roodman, A., Rykoff, E.S., Sako, M., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Sevilla, I., Smith, R.C., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Thaler, J., Tucker, D., Vikram, V. & Costa, L.N.D. 2016. Galaxies in X-Ray selected clusters and groups in dark energy survey data. I. stellar mass growth of bright central galaxies since z ∼ 1.2. Astrophysical Journal, 816. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/816/2/98 [Accessed 29 January 2016].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Murray, T.S., Magoro, M.L., Whitfield, A.K. & Cowley, P.D. 2015. Movement behaviour of alien largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides in the estuarine headwater region of the Kowie River, South Africa. African Zoology, 50: 263–271. Available: http://0-hdl.handle.net.wam.seals.ac.za/10520/EJC183123 [Accessed 29 January 2016].

STATISTICS: Chinomona, A. & Mwambi, H.G. 2015. Estimating HIV Prevalence in Zimbabwe Using Population-Based Survey Data. PLoS One, 10(12): e0140896. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140896 [Accessed 29 January 2016].

STATISTICS: Roberson, L., Winker, H., Attwood, C., De, V., Sanguinetti, C. & Götz, A. 2015. First survey of fishes in the Betty’s Bay Marine Protected Area along South Africa’s temperate south-west coast. African Journal of Marine Science, 37: 543–556. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2015.1110045 [Accessed 29 January 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Antonio, E.S. & Richoux, N.B. 2015. Tide-Induced Variations in the Fatty Acid Composition of Estuarine Particulate Organic Matter. Estuaries and Coasts, 1–12. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-015-0049-x [Accessed 29 January 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Dalu, T., Sachikonye, M.T.B., Alexander, M.E., Dube, T., Froneman, W.P., Manungo, K.I., Bepe, O. & Wasserman, R.J. 2016. Ecological assessment of two species of potamonautid freshwater crabs from the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe, with implications for their conservation. PLoS ONE, 11(1): e0145923. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145923 [Accessed 29 January 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Davis, A.L.V., Stals, R. & Deschodt, C.M. 2015. New replacement name for the species Scarabaeus (Scarabaeolus) nitidus Davis & Deschodt, 2015 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)-not an American pest. Zootaxa, 4057: 582. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4057.4.7 [Accessed 29 January 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Deng, J.-Y., Fu, R.-H., Compton, S.G., Hu, D.-M., Zhang, L.-S., Yang, F., Chen, Y. & Kjellberg, F. 2016b. Extremely high proportions of male flowers and geographic variation in floral ratios within male figs of Ficus tikoua despite pollinators displaying active pollen collection. Ecology and Evolution, 6(2): 607–619. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1926 [Accessed 29 January 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Henry, L., Craig, A.J.F.K., Lemasson, A. & Hausberger, M. 2015. Social coordination in animal vocal interactions. Is there any evidence of turn-taking? The starling as an animal model. Frontiers in Psychology, 1416. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01416 [Accessed 29 January 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Hoole, C., McKechnie, A.E., Parker, D.M. & Bennett, N.C. 2016. Reproductive photo-responsiveness in male forest shrews (Myosorex varius) from the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Mammalian Biology, 81: 111–114. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2014.11.001 [Accessed 29 January 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Iitembu, J.A. & Richoux, N.B. 2015. Trophic relationships of hake (Merluccius capensis and M. paradoxus) and sharks (Centrophorus squamosus, Deania calcea and D. profundorum) in the Northern (Namibia) Benguela Current region. African Zoology, 50: 273–279. Available: http://0-hdl.handle.net.wam.seals.ac.za/10520/EJC183122 [Accessed 29 January 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Plön, S., Cockcroft, V.G. & Froneman, W.P. 2015. The Natural History and Conservation of Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphins (Sousa plumbea) in South African Waters. Advances in Marine Biology, 72: 143–162. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.amb.2015.08.005 [Accessed 29 January 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Dalu, T., Wasserman, R.J., Jordaan, M., Froneman, W.P. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2015. An assessment of the effect of rotenone on selected non-target aquatic fauna. PLoS ONE, 10(11): e0142140.. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142140 [Accessed 29 January 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Uyi, O.O., Zachariades, C. & Hill, M.P. 2016. Nitrogen fertilisation improves growth of Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae) and the performance of the biological control agent, Pareuchaetes insulata (Erebidae). Biocontrol Science and Technology, 26(3): 373–385. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2015.1118615 [Accessed 29 January 2016].