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ANTHROPOLOGY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Albert, S., Aswani, S., Fisher, P.L. & Albert, J. 2015. Keeping Food on the Table: Human Responses and Changing Coastal Fisheries in Solomon Islands. PLoS One, 10: e0130800. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130800 [Accessed 21 September 2015].

ANTHROPOLOGY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Aswani, S., Vaccaro, I., Abernethy, K., Albert, S. & Pablo, J.F.-L. de. 2015. Can Perceptions of Environmental and Climate Change in Island Communities Assist in Adaptation Planning Locally? Environmental Management, 1–15. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-015-0572-3 [Accessed 21 September 2015].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Zininga, T., Makumire, S., Gitau, G.W., Njunge, J.M., Pooe, O.J., Klimek, H., Scheurr, R., Raifer, H., Prinsloo, E., Przyborski, J.M., Hoppe, H. & Shonhai, A. 2015. Plasmodium falciparum Hop (PfHop) Interacts with the Hsp70 Chaperone in a Nucleotide-Dependent Fashion and Exhibits Ligand Selectivity. PLoS ONE, 10: e0135326. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135326 [Accessed 21 September 2015].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Brown, D.K., Penkler, D.L., Musyoka, T.M. & Bishop, Ö.T. 2015. JMS: An Open Source Workflow Management System and Web-Based Cluster Front-End for High Performance Computing. PLoS ONE, 10: e0134273. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0134273 [Accessed 21 September 2015].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Kee, N.L.A., Krause, J., Blatch, G.L., Muramoto, K., Sakka, K., Sakka, M., Naudé, R.J., Wagner, L., Wolf, R., Rahfeld, J.-U., Demuth, H.-U., Mielicki, W.P. & Frost, C.L. 2015. The Proteolytic Profile of Human Cancer Procoagulant Suggests That It Promotes Cancer Metastasis at the Level of Activation Rather Than Degradation. The Protein Journal, 1–11. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10930-015-9628-8 [Accessed 21 September 2015].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Khan, N., le Roes-Hill, M., Welz, P.J., Grandin, K.A., Kudanga, T., van Dyk, J.S., Ohlhoff, C., van Zyl, W.H. & Pletschke, B.I. 2015. Fruit waste streams in South Africa and their potential role in developing a bio-economy. S. Afr. J. Sci. 111, 17–27. Available: http://0-hdl.handle.net.wam.seals.ac.za/10520/EJC170786 [Accessed 21 September 2015].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Yao, J., van Marwijk, J., Wilhelmi, B. & Whiteley, C.G. 2015. Isolation, characterization, interaction of a thiazolekinase (Plasmodium falciparum) with silver nanoparticles. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 79: 644–653. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2015.05.033 [Accessed 21 September 2015].

BOTANY: Barker, N. 2015. Learning the ABCs: Angolan Botanical Collecting - part 1: getting there and Mt. Tchivira. Veld & Flora, 101: 60–63. Available: http://0-hdl.handle.net.wam.seals.ac.za/10520/EJC171837 [Accessed 23 September 2015].

BOTANY: Dhansay, T., Serper, A., Linol, B., Ndluvo, S., Perumal, L. & De Wit, M. 2015. Transdisciplinarity within South Africa’s global change research: How (well?) are we doing? South African Journal of Science, 111. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2015/a0107 [Accessed 23 September 2015].

BOTANY: Hempson, G.P., Illius, A.W., Hendricks, H.H., Bond, W.J. & Vetter, S. 2015. Herbivore population regulation and resource heterogeneity in a stochastic environment. Ecology, 96: 2170–2180. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-1501.1.sm [Accessed 23 September 2015].

BOTANY: Lundgren, M.R., Besnard, G., Ripley, B.S., Lehmann, C.E.R., Chatelet, D.S., Kynast, R.G., Namaganda, M., Vorontsova, M.S., Hall, R.C., Elia, J., Osborne, C.P. & Christin, P.-A. 2015. Photosynthetic innovation broadens the niche within a single species. Ecology Letters,18: 1021–1029. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12484 [Accessed 23 September 2015].

BOTANY & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Barker, N.P., Paterson, I. & Howis, S. 2015. “Barcoding” and ISSR data illuminate a problematic infraspecific taxonomy for Chrysanthemoides monilifera (Calenduleae; Asteraceae): Lessons for biocontrol of a noxious weed. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 61: 541–551. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2015.07.021 [Accessed 23 September 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Adegoke, O., Nyokong, T. & Forbes, P.B.C. 2015. Deposition of CdS, CdS/ZnSe and CdS/ZnSe/ZnS shells around CdSeTe alloyed core quantum dots: effects on optical properties. Luminescence. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bio.3013 [Accessed 23 September 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Bankole, O.M. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Mercaptopyridine-substituted indium, zinc, and metal-free phthalocyanines: nonlinear optical studies in solution and on polymer matrices. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 68: 3727–3740. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00958972.2015.1077237 [Accessed 23 September 2015].

CHEMISTRY: D’Souza, S., Mashazi, P., Britton, J. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Effects of differently shaped silver nanoparticles on the photophysics of pyridylsulfanyl-substituted phthalocyanines. Polyhedron, 99: 112–121. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2015.06.038 [Accessed 23 September 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Faridoon, Olomola, T.O., Tukulula, M., Klein, R. & Kaye, P.T. 2015. Strong base- or acid-mediated chemoselectivity shifts in the synthesis of 2H-chromene or coumarin derivatives from common Baylis-Hillman adducts. Tetrahedron, 71: 4868–4873. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2015.04.104 [Accessed 23 September 2015].

CHEMISTRY: He, Q., Wu, G., Liu, K., Khene, S., Li, Q., Mugadza, T., Deunf, E., Nyokong, T. & Chen, S.W. 2014. Effects of Redox Mediators on the Catalytic Activity of Iron Porphyrins towards Oxygen Reduction in Acidic Media. ChemElectroChem 1, 1508–1515. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/celc.201402054 [Accessed 23 September 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Khoza, P. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Visible light transformation of Rhodamine 6G using tetracarbazole zinc phthalocyanine when embedded in electrospun fibers and in the presence of ZnO and Ag particles. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 68: 1117–1131. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00958972.2015.1013944 [Accessed 23 September 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Liang, X., Xu, L., Li, M., Mack, J., Stone, J., Nyokong, T., Jiang, Y., Kobayashi, N. & Zhu, W. 2015. Facile synthesis, spectroscopic and electrochemical properties, and theoretical calculations of porphyrin dimers with a bridging amide-bonded xanthene moiety. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 19: 819–829. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S1088424615500492 [Accessed 23 September 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Lobb, K.A. 2015. Isomerization of the 2-Norbornyl Carbocation. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2015, 5370–5380. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.201500518 [Accessed 23 September 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Nyoni, S., Mashazi, P. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Electrode modification using nanocomposites of electropolymerised cobalt phthalocyanines supported on multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 1–12. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10008-015-2985-6 [Accessed 23 September 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Oluwole, D.O. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Comparative photophysicochemical behavior of nanoconjugates of indium tetracarboxyphenoxy phthalocyanines covalently linked to CdTe/ZnSe/ZnO quantum dots. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 312: 34–44. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2015.07.009 [Accessed 23 September 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Wang, B.-B., Zuo, H., MacK, J., Majumdar, P., Nyokong, T., Chan, K.S. & Shen, Z. 2015. Optical properties and electronic structures of axially-ligated group 9 porphyrins. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 19: 973–982. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S108842461550073X [Accessed 23 September 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Wang, S., Liu, H., Mack, J., Tian, J., Zou, B., Lu, H., Li, Z., Jiang, J. & Shen, Z. 2015. A BODIPY-based “turn-on” fluorescent probe for hypoxic cell imaging. Chemical Communications, 51: 13389–13392. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5CC05139H [Accessed 23 September 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING RESEARCH CENTRE: Lotz-Sisitka, H., Wals, A.E., Kronlid, D. & McGarry, D. 2015. Transformative, transgressive social learning: rethinking higher education pedagogy in times of systemic global dysfunction. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 16: 73–80. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2015.07.018 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & CENTRE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH, TEACHING AND LEARNING: Belluigi, D.Z. & Cundill, G. 2015. Establishing enabling conditions to develop critical thinking skills: a case of innovative curriculum design in Environmental Science. Environmental Education Research, 0: 1–22. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2015.1072802 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Cundill, G., Roux, D.J. & Parker, J.N. 2015. Nurturing communities of practice for transdisciplinary research. Ecology and Society, 20. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-07580-200222 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: De Vos, A., Justin O’Riain, M., Meÿer, M.A., Kotze, P.G.H. & Kock, A.A. 2015. Behavior of Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) in response to spatial variation in white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) predation risk. Marine Mammal Science, 31: 1234–1251. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mms.12215 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Fabricius, C. & Pereira, T. 2015. Community Biodiversity Inventories as Entry Points for Local Ecosystem Stewardship in a South African Communal Area. Society & Natural Resources: An International Journal, 28: 1030–1042. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2015.1014591 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Higgins, O. & Shackleton, C.M. 2015. The benefits from and barriers to participation in civic environmental organisations in South Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation, 24: 2031–2046. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0924-6 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Krüger, R., Cundill, G., Thondhlana, G., 2015f. A case study of the opportunities and trade-offs associated with deproclamation of a protected area following a land claim in South Africa. Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, 0: 1–16. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2015.1065804 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Thondhlana, G. 2015. Land acquisition for and local livelihood implications of biofuel development in Zimbabwe. Land Use Policy, 49: 11–19. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.06.025 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

GEOGRAPHY: Irvine, P.M., Kepe, T., Wet, D.T.D. & Hamunime, N.P. 2015. Whose Mecca? Divergent experiences of post-productivism and tourism in Nieu Bethesda, South Africa. South African Geographical Journal, 0: 1–16. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03736245.2015.1052843 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

GEOGRAPHY: Waal, B. van der, Rowntree, K. & Pulley, S. 2015. Flood bench chronology and sediment source tracing in the upper Thina catchment, South Africa: the role of transformed landscape connectivity. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 1–14. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11368-015-1185-4 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

GEOLOGY: Bial, J., Büttner, S.H., Schenk, V. & Appel, P. 2015. The long-term high-temperature history of the central Namaqua Metamorphic Complex: Evidence for a Mesoproterozoic continental back-arc in southern Africa. Precambrian Research, 268: 243–278. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2015.07.012 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

GEOLOGY: Harris, C., Roux, P. le, Cochrane, R., Martin, L., Duncan, A.R., Marsh, J.S., Roex, A.P. le, & Class, C. 2015. The oxygen isotope composition of Karoo and Etendeka picrites: High δ18O mantle or crustal contamination? Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 170: 1–24. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00410-015-1164-1 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Cochrane, K. 2015. Use and misuse of CITES as a management tool for commercially-exploited aquatic species. Marine Policy, 59: 16–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.04.015 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Kemp, J.O.G., Britz, P.J. & Toledo Agüero, P.H. 2015. The effect of macroalgal, formulated and combination diets on growth, survival and feed utilisation in the red abalone Haliotis rufescens. Aquaculture, 448:, 306–314. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2015.06.016 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Magellan, K. 2015. Voluntary emergence and water detection in a newly recognized amphibious fish. Journal of Fish Biology, 86: 1839–1844. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12670 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Namulawa, V.T., Kato, C.D., Nyatia, E., Rutaisire, J. & Britz, P.J. 2015. Transmission Electron Microscopy of the Gastrointestinal Tract of Nile Perch Lates niloticus. International Journal of Morphology, 33: 751–758. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-95022015000200053 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Smale, M.J., Dicken, M.L. & Booth, A.J. 2015. Seasonality, behaviour and philopatry of spotted ragged‑tooth sharks Carcharias taurus in Eastern Cape nursery areas, South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 37: 219–231. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2015.1043342 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Bokhutlo, T., Weyl, O.L.F., Mosepele, K. & Wilson, G.G. 2015. Age and growth of sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) (Clariidae), in the Lower Okavango Delta, Botswana. Marine and Freshwater Research, 66: 420–428. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF13322 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Chakona, G., Swartz, E.R. & Chakona, A. 2015. Historical abiotic events or human-aided dispersal: inferring the evolutionary history of a newly discovered galaxiid fish. Ecology and Evolution, 5: 1369–1380. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1409 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Silva, C. da, Booth, A.J., Dudley, S.F.J., Kerwath, S.E., Lamberth, S.J., Leslie, R.W., McCord, M.E., Sauer, W.H.H. & Zweig, T. 2015. The current status and management of South Africa’s chondrichthyan fisheries. African Journal of Marine Science, 37: 233–248. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2015.1044471 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Tolotti, M.T., Filmalter, J.D., Bach, P., Travassos, P., Seret, B. & Dagorn, L. 2015. Banning is not enough: The complexities of oceanic shark management by tuna regional fisheries management organizations. Global Ecology and Conservation, 4: 1–7. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2015.05.003 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Vos, L.D., Watson, R.G.A., Götz, A. & Attwood, C.G. 2015. Baited remote underwater video system (BRUVs) survey of chondrichthyan diversity in False Bay, South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 37: 209–218. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2015.1036119 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Xavier, J.C., Allcock, A.L., Cherel, Y., Lipinski, M.R., Pierce, G.J., Rodhouse, P.G.K., Rosa, R., Shea, E.K., Strugnell, J.M., Vidal, E.A.G., Villanueva, R. & Ziegler, A. 2015. Future challenges in cephalopod research. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 95: 999–1015. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315414000782 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Zengeya, T.A., Booth, A.J. & Chimimba, C.T. 2015. Broad Niche Overlap between Invasive Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus and Indigenous Congenerics in Southern Africa: Should We be Concerned? Entropy, 17: 4959–4973. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e17074959 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH & PHARMACY, Surender, R., Niekerk, R.V., Hannah, B., Allan, L. & Shung-King, M. 2015. The drive for universal healthcare in South Africa: views from private general practitioners. Health Policy and Planning, 30: 759–767. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czu053 [Accessed 21 September 2015].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Tumbo, M. & Hughes, D.A. 2015. Uncertain hydrological modelling: application of the Pitman model in the Great Ruaha River basin, Tanzania. Hydrological Sciences Journal. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2015.1016948 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Sussman, R.A. & Larena, J. 2015. Gravitational entropy of local cosmic voids. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 32. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/32/16/165012 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

PHARMACY: Hayward-Zeelie, C. 2015. Atrial Fibrillation - Choosing an optimal regimen when complicated by multiple co-morbidities including renal failure. SA Pharmaceutical Journal, 82 36–37. Available: http://0-hdl.handle.net.wam.seals.ac.za/10520/EJC176104 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

PHARMACY: Veale, C.G.L. 2015. A new synthesis of versatile indolyl-3-carbonylnitriles. Tetrahedron Letters, 56: 5287–5290. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.07.075 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Alberte, L., Brustein, R., Khmelnitsky, A. & Medved, A.J.M. 2015. Density matrix of black hole radiation. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015: 1–37. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2015)015 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Arora, B.S., Morgan, J., Ord, S.M., Tingay, S.J., Hurley-Walker, N., Bell, M., Bernardi, G., Bhat, N.D.R., Briggs, F., Callingham, J.R., Deshpande, A.A., Dwarakanath, K.S., Ewall-Wice, A., Feng, L., For, B.-Q., Hancock, P., Hazelton, B.J., Hindson, L., Jacobs, D., Johnston-Hollitt, M., Kapińska, A.D., Kudryavtseva, N., Lenc, E., McKinley, B., Mitchell, D., Oberoi, D., Offringa, A.R., Pindor, B., Procopio, P., Riding, J., Staveley-Smith, L., Wayth, R.B., Wu, C., Zheng, Q., Bowman, J.D., Cappallo, R.J., Corey, B.E., Emrich, D., Goeke, R., Greenhill, L.J., Kaplan, D.L., Kasper, J.C., Kratzenberg, E., Lonsdale, C.J., Lynch, M.J., McWhirter, S.R., Morales, M.F., Morgan, E., Prabu, T., Rogers, A.E.E., Roshi, A., Shankar, N.U., Srivani, K.S., Subrahmanyan, R., Waterson, M., Webster, R.L., Whitney, A.R., Williams, A. & Williams, C.L., 2015. Ionospheric Modelling using GPS to Calibrate the MWA. I: Comparison of First Order Ionospheric Effects between GPS Models and MWA Observations. PASA - Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 32. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2015.29 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Asad, K.M.B., Koopmans, L.V.E., Jelić, V., Pandey, V.N., Ghosh, A., Abdalla, F.B., Bernardi, G., Brentjens, M.A., Bruyn, A.G. de, Bus, S., Ciardi, B., Chapman, E., Daiboo, S., Fernandez, E.R., Harker, G., Iliev, I.T., Jensen, H., Martinez-Rubi, O., Mellema, G., Mevius, M., Offringa, A.R., Patil, A.H., Schaye, J., Thomas, R.M., Tol, S. van der, Vedantham, H.K., Yatawatta, S. & Zaroubi, S. 2015. Polarization leakage in epoch of reionization windows – I. Low Frequency Array observations of the 3C196 field. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 451, 3709–3727. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1107 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Brustein, R. & Medved, A.J.M. 2015. Quantum state of the black hole interior. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015: 1–16. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2015)082 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Callingham, J.R., Gaensler, B.M., Ekers, R.D., Tingay, S.J., Wayth, R.B., Morgan, J., Bernardi, G., Bell, M.E., Bhat, R., Bowman, J.D., Briggs, F., Cappallo, R.J., Deshpande, A.A., Ewall-Wice, A., Feng, L., Greenhill, L.J., Hazelton, B.J., Hindson, L., Hurley-Walker, N., Jacobs, D.C., Johnston-Hollitt, M., Kaplan, D.L., Kudrayvtseva, N., Lenc, E., Lonsdale, C.J., McKinley, B., McWhirter, S.R., Mitchell, D.A., Morales, M.F., Morgan, E., Oberoi, D., Offringa, A.R., Ord, S.M., Pindor, B., Prabu, T., Procopio, P., Riding, J., Srivani, K.S., Subrahmanyan, R., Shankar, N.U., Webster, R.L., Williams, A. & Williams, C.L. 2015. BROADBAND SPECTRAL MODELING of the EXTREME GIGAHERTZ-PEAKED SPECTRUM RADIO SOURCE PKS B0008-421. Astrophysical Journal, 809. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/809/2/168 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Deane, R.P., Obreschkow, D. & Heywood, I. 2015. Strongly lensed neutral hydrogen emission: detection predictions with current and future radio interferometers. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 452: L49–L53. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slv086 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: George, L.T., Dwarakanath, K.S., Johnston-Hollitt, M., Hurley-Walker, N., Hindson, L., Kapińska, A.D., Tingay, S.J., Bell, M., Callingham, J.R., For, B.-Q., Hancock, P.J., McKinley, B., Lenc, E., Morgan, J., Offringa, A., Procopio, P., Staveley-Smith, L., Wayth, R.B., Wu, C., Zheng, Q., Bernardi, G., Bowman, J.D., Briggs, F., Cappallo, R.J., Corey, B.E., Deshpande, A.A., Emrich, D., Goeke, R., Greenhill, L.J., Hazelton, B.J., Kaplan, D.L., Kasper, J.C., Kratzenberg, E., Lonsdale, C.J., Lynch, M.J., McWhirter, S.R., Mitchell, D.A., Morales, M.F., Morgan, E., Oberoi, D., Ord, S.M., Prabu, T., Rogers, A.E.E., Roshi, A., Shankar, N.U., Srivani, K.S., Subrahmanyan, R., Waterson, M., Webster, R.L., Whitney, A.R., Williams, A. & Williams, C.L. 2015. An analysis of the halo and relic radio emission from Abell 3376 from Murchison Widefield Array observations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 451, 4207–4214. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1152 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Giday, N.M., Katamzi, Z.T., McKinnell, L.-A. 2015. Ionospheric tomography over South Africa: Comparison of MIDAS and ionosondes measurements. Advances in Space Research. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2015.08.017 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Habarulema, J.B., Katamzi, Z.T. & Yizengaw, E. 2015. First observations of poleward large-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances over the African sector during geomagnetic storm conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015JA021066 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Kaplan, D.L., Tingay, S.J., Manoharan, P.K., Macquart, J.P., Hancock, P., Morgan, J., Mitchell, D.A., Ekers, R.D., Wayth, R.B., Trott, C., Murphy, T., Oberoi, D., Cairns, I.H., Feng, L., Kudryavtseva, N., Bernardi, G., Bowman, J.D., Briggs, F., Cappallo, R.J., Deshpande, A.A., Gaensler, B.M., Greenhill, L.J., Hurley Walker, N., Hazelton, B.J., Johnston Hollitt, M., Lonsdale, C.J., McWhirter, S.R., Morales, M.F., Morgan, E., Ord, S.M., Prabu, T., Udaya Shankar, N., Srivani, K.S., Subrahmanyan, R., Webster, R.L., Williams, A. & Williams, C.L. 2015. Murchison widefield array observations of anomalous variability: A serendipitous night-time detection of interplanetary scintillation. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 809. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/809/1/L12 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Karastergiou, A., Chennamangalam, J., Armour, W., Williams, C., Mort, B., Dulwich, F., Salvini, S., Magro, A., Roberts, S., Serylak, M., Doo, A., Bilous, A.V., Breton, R.P., Falcke, H., Grießmeier, J.-M., Hessels, J.W.T., Keane, E.F., Kondratiev, V.I., Kramer, M., Leeuwen, J. van, Noutsos, A., Osłowski, S., Sobey, C., Stappers, B.W. & Weltevrede, P. 2015. Limits on fast radio bursts at 145 MHz with artemis, a real-time software backend. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 452: 1254–1262. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1306 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Matamba, T.M., Habarulema, J.B. & Mckinnell, L.-A. 2015. Statistical analysis of the ionospheric response during geomagnetic storm conditions over South Africa using ionosonde and GPS data. Space Weather. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015SW001218 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Neben, A.R., Bradley, R.F., Hewitt, J.N., Bernardi, G., Bowman, J.D., Briggs, F., Cappallo, R.J., Deshpande, A.A., Goeke, R., Greenhill, L.J., Hazelton, B.J., Johnston-Hollitt, M., Kaplan, D.L., Lonsdale, C.J., McWhirter, S.R., Mitchell, D.A., Morales, M.F., Morgan, E., Oberoi, D., Ord, S.M., Prabu, T., Shankar, N.U., Srivani, K.S., Subrahmanyan, R., Tingay, S.J., Wayth, R.B., Webster, R.L., Williams, A. & Williams, C.L. 2015. Measuring phased-array antenna beampatterns with high dynamic range for the Murchison Widefield Array using 137MHz ORBCOMM satellites. Radio Sci. 50: 614–629. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015RS005678 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Scaife, A.M.M., Oozeer, N., Gasperin, F. de, Brüggen, M., Tasse, C. & Magnus, L. 2015. KAT-7 detection of radio halo emission in the Triangulum Australis galaxy cluster. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 451: 4021–4028. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv911 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Shulevski, A., Morganti, R., Barthel, P.D., Murgia, M., van Weeren, R.J., White, G.J., Brueggen, M., Kunert-Bajraszewska, M., Jamrozy, M., Best, P.N., Rottgering, H.J.A., Chyzy, K.T., de Gasperin, F., Birzan, L., Brunetti, G., Brienza, M., Rafferty, D.A., Anderson, J., Beck, R., Deller, A., Zarka, P., Schwarz, D., Mahony, E., Orru, E., Bell, M.E., Bentum, M.J., Bernardi, G., Bonafede, A., Breitling, F., Broderick, J.W., Butcher, H.R., Carbone, D., Ciardi, B., de Geus, E., Duscha, S., Eisloeffel, J., Engels, D., Falcke, H., Fallows, R.A., Fender, R., Ferrari, C., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Griessmeier, J., Gunst, A.W., Heald, G., Hoeft, M., Horandel, J., Horneffer, A., van der Horst, A.J., Intema, H., Juette, E., Karastergiou, A., Kondratiev, V.I., Kramer, M., Kuniyoshi, M., Kuper, G., Maat, P., Mann, G., McFadden, R., McKay-Bukowski, D., McKean, J.P., Meulman, H., Mulcahy, D.D., Munk, H., Norden, M.J., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A.G., Reich, W., Rowlinson, A., Scaife, A.M.M., Serylak, M., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Steinmetz, M., Swinbank, J., Tagger, M., Tang, Y., Tasse, C., Thoudam, S., Toribio, M.C., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Wijers, R. a. M.J., Wise, M.W. & Wucknitz, O. 2015. The peculiar radio galaxy 4C 35.06: a case for recurrent AGN activity? Astronomy and Astrophysics, 579: A27. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425416 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Torchinsky, S.A., Olofsson, A.O.H., Censier, B., Karastergiou, A., Serylak, M., Renaud, P. & Taffoureau, C. 2015. EMBRACE@Nançay: An ultra wide field of view prototype for the SKA. Journal of Instrumentation, 10. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/10/07/C07002 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Ellender, B.R. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2015. Resilience of imperilled headwater stream fish to an unpredictable high-magnitude flood. Koedoe, 57: 1258. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v57i1.1258 [Accessed 25 September 2015].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Forget, F.G., Capello, M., Filmalter, J.D., Govinden, R., Soria, M., Cowley, P.D. & Dagorn, L. 2015. Behaviour and vulnerability of target and non-target species at drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs) in the tropical tuna purse seine fishery determined by acoustic telemetry. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 72: 1398–1405. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2014-0458 [Accessed 01 October 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Baldanzi, S., Weidberg, N.F., Fusi, M., Cannicci, S., McQuaid, C.D. & Porri, F. 2015. Contrasting environments shape thermal physiology across the spatial range of the sandhopper Talorchestia capensis. Oecologia, 1–12. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-015-3404-5 [Accessed 01 October 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Wasserman, R.J., Vink, T.J.F., Woodford, D.J. & Froneman, P.W. 2015. Spawning and nest guarding of the river goby (Glossogobius callidus) from the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. African Journal of Ecology. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aje.12228 [Accessed 01 October 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Assis, J., Zupan, M., Nicastro, K.R., Zardi, G.I., McQuaid, C.D. & Serrão, E.A. 2015. Oceanographic Conditions Limit the Spread of a Marine Invader along Southern African Shores. PLoS ONE 10, e0128124. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128124 [Accessed 01 October 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Barnes, R.S.K. & Hendy, I.W. 2015. Seagrass-associated macrobenthic functional diversity and functional structure along an estuarine gradient. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 164: 233–243. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.07.050 [Accessed 01 October 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Bergamino, L., Richoux, N.B., 2015c. Food preferences of the estuarine crab Sesarma catenata estimated through laboratory experiments. Marine and Freshwater Research, 66: 750–756. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF14122 [Accessed 01 October 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Bissett, C., Parker, D.M., Bernard, R.T.F. & Perry, T.W. 2015. Management-Induced Niche Shift? the Activity of Cheetahs in the Presence of Lions. African Entomology, 45: 197–203. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3957/056.045.0197 [Accessed 01 October 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Connan, M., Teske, P.R., Tree, A.J., Whittington, P.A. & McQuaid, C.D. 2015. The subspecies of Antarctic Terns (Sterna vittata) wintering on the South African coast: evidence from morphology, genetics and stable isotopes. Emu, 115: 223–236. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MU14089 [Accessed 01 October 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Ghana, S., Suleman, N. & Compton, S.G. 2015. A comparison of pollinator fig wasp development in figs of Ficus montana and its hybrids with Ficus asperifolia. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata,156: 225–237. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eea.12338 [Accessed 01 October 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Kotzé, Z., Villet, M.H. & Weldon, C.W. 2015. Effect of temperature on development of the blowfly, Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Int J Legal Med, 129: 1155–1162. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00414-015-1153-y [Accessed 01 October 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Kuiper, T.R., Loveridge, A.J., Parker, D.M., Johnson, P.J., Hunt, J.E., Stapelkamp, B., Sibanda, L. & Macdonald, D.W. 2015. Seasonal herding practices influence predation on domestic stock by African lions along a protected area boundary. Biological Conservation, 191: 546–554. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.08.012 [Accessed 01 October 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Lourenço, C.R., Nicastro, K.R., Serrão, E.A., Castilho, R. & Zardi, G.I. 2015. Behind the mask: cryptic genetic diversity of Mytilus galloprovincialis along southern European and northern African shores. J. Mollus. Stud, 81: 380–387. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyv004 [Accessed 01 October 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Love, C.N., Hill, M.P. & Moore, S.D. 2014. Thaumatotibia leucotreta and the Navel orange: ovipositional preferences and host susceptibility. J. Appl. Entomol., 138: 600–611. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jen.12126 [Accessed 01 October 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Moore, S. 2015. The host status of lemons for the false codling moth, Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera : Tortricidae) with particular reference to export protocols. African Entomology, 23: 519–525. Available: http://0-hdl.handle.net.wam.seals.ac.za/10520/EJC176581 [Accessed 01 October 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Ray, P. & Hill, M.P. 2015. More is not necessarily better: the interaction between insect population density and culture age of fungus on the control of invasive weed water hyacinth. Hydrobiologia, 1–12. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-015-2454-3 [Accessed 01 October 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Toscano, B.J. & Monaco, C.J. 2015. Testing for relationships between individual crab behavior and metabolic rate across ecological contexts. Behav Ecol Sociobiol, 69: 1343–1351. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-015-1947-4 [Accessed 01 October 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Wang, R., Wen, X., Chen, C., Shi, L. & Compton, S.G. 2015. Spatial heterogeneity and host repression in fig-fig wasp mutualism. Science China Life Sciences, 58: 492–500. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11427-015-4848-x [Accessed 01 October 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Weyl, P.S.R. & Coetzee, J.A. 2015. Morphological variations in southern African populations of Myriophyllum spicatum: Phenotypic plasticity or local adaptation? South African Journal of Botany. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2015.07.016 [Accessed 01 October 2015].