Publications and Research Output: October 2015

 

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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, 34: 338–348. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10930-015-9628-8 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Meyer, A.H., Wooldridge, J. & Dames, J.F. 2015. Variation in urease and β-glucosidase activities with soil depth and root density in a “Cripp”s Pink’/M7 apple orchard under conventional and organic management. South African Journal of Plant and Soil, 0: 1–8. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02571862.2015.1053155 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: 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 02 November 2015].

BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Formisano, N., Jolly, P., Bhalla, N., Cromhout, M., Flanagan, S.P., Fogel, R., Limson, J.L. & Estrela, P. 2015. Optimisation of an electrochemical impedance spectroscopy aptasensor by exploiting quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation signals. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 220: 369–375. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2015.05.049 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

BOTANY: Palmer, A.R., Samuels, I., Cupido, C., Finca, A., Kangombe, W.F., Yunusa, I.A., Vetter, S. & Mapaure, I. 2015. Aboveground biomass production of a semi-arid southern African savanna: towards a new model. African Journal of Range & Forage Science, 0: 1–9. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2015.1043647 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

BOTANY: Ripley, B., Visser, V., Christin, P.-A., Archibald, S., Martin, T. & Osborne, C. 2015. Fire ecology of C3 and C4 grasses depends on evolutionary history and frequency of burning but not photosynthetic type. Ecology, 96: 2679–2691. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-1495.1 [Accessed 02 November 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 02 November 2015].

CHEMISTRY: D’Souza, S., George, R., Göksel, M., Atilla, D., Durmuş, M. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Enhanced triplet state yields in aqueous media of asymmetric zinc phthalocyanines when conjugated to silver nanoflowers. Polyhedron, 100: 296–302. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2015.08.017 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

CHEMISTRY: D’Souza, S., Ogbodu, R. & Nyokong, T. 2015. The effects of gold coated and uncoated zinc oxide nanohexagons on the photophysicochemical properties of the low symmetry zinc phthalocyanine. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1099: 551–559. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2015.06.088 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Fashina, A. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Nonlinear optical response of tetra and mono substituted zinc phthalocyanine complexes. Journal of Luminescence, 167: 71–79. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2015.06.003 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Jiang, Y., Li, M., Liang, X., Mack, J., Wildervanck, M., Nyokong, T., Qin, M. & Zhu, W. 2015. Lipophilic M(α,α′-OC5H11)8phthalocyanines (M = H2 and Ni(II)): synthesis, electronic structure, and their utility for highly efficient carbonyl reductions. Dalton Transactions, 44: 18237–18246. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5DT03256C [Accessed 02 November 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Koosaletse-Mswela, P., Przybyłowicz, W.J., Cloete, K.J., Barnabas, A.D., Torto, N. & Mesjasz-Przybyłowicz, J. 2015. Quantitative mapping of elemental distribution in leaves of the metallophytes Helichrysum candolleanum, Blepharis aspera, and Blepharis diversispina from Selkirk Cu–Ni mine, Botswana. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2015.09.005 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Majumdar, P., Mack, J. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Synthesis, characterization and photophysical properties of an acenaphthalene fused-ring-expanded NIR absorbing aza-BODIPY dye. RSC Advances, 5(95): 78253–78258. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5RA14916A [Accessed 02 November 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Mudabuka, B., Ogunlaja, A.S., Tshentu, Z.R. & Torto, N. 2016. Electrospun poly(vinylbenzyl chloride) nanofibres functionalised with tris-(2,2′-pyridylimidazole)iron(III): A test strip for detection of ascorbic acid and dopamine. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 222: 598–604. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2015.08.081 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

 

CHEMISTRY: Mugadza, T., Antunes, E. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes by the pyrolysis of a compression activated iron(II) phthalocyanine/phthalocyanine metal-free derivative/ferric acetate mixture. Journal of Chemical Sciences, 127: 1191–1199. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12039-015-0886-y [Accessed 02 November 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Nxele, S.R., Mashazi, P. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Electrode Modification Using Alkynyl Substituted Fe(II) Phthalocyanine via Electrografting and Click Chemistry for Electrocatalysis. Electroanalysis, 27(10): 2468–2478. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elan.201500212 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Nyoni, S. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Comparative electrocatalytic studies of nanocomposites of mixed and covalently linked multiwalled carbon nanotubes and 4-(4,6-diaminopyrimidin-2-ylthio) phthalocyaninato cobalt(II). Polyhedron, 98: 47–54. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2015.05.038 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Odame, F., Hosten, E.C., Betz, R., Lobb, K. & Tshentu, Z.R. 2015. Characterization of some amino acid derivatives of benzoyl isothiocyanate: Crystal structures and theoretical prediction of their reactivity. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1099: 38–48. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2015.05.053 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Ogbodu, R.O. & Nyokong, T. 2015. The effect of ascorbic acid on the photophysical properties and photodynamic therapy activities of zinc phthalocyanine-single walled carbon nanotube conjugate on MCF-7 cancer cells. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 151: 174–183. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2015.06.063 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Tshangana, C. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Photophysical properties gallium octacarboxy phthalocyanines conjugated to CdSe@ZnS quantum dots. Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 151: 397–404. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2015.06.086 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Watkins, Z., Taylor, J., D’Souza, S., Britton, J. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Fluorescence Behaviour and Singlet Oxygen Production of Aluminium Phthalocyanine in the Presence of Upconversion Nanoparticles. Journal of Fluorescence, 25: 1417–1429. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10895-015-1632-z [Accessed 02 November 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Aburto, J., Cundill, G. & Stotz, W. 2015. The sustainability of smallscale fishery harvests in the context of highly variable resources, in: Shackleton, C.M., Pandey, A.K. & Ticktin, T. (Eds.), Ecological Sustainability for Non-Timber Forest Products: Dynamics and Case Studies of Harvesting, People and Plants International Conservation. London: Routledge, pp. 116 - 125. Available: http://opac.seals.ac.za/record=b2478112~S26 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Kerr, T.F. & Ruwanza, S. 2015. Does Eucalyptus grandis invasion and removal affect soils and vegetation in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa? Austral Ecology. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12315 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Mjoli, N. & Shackleton, C.M. 2015. The trade in and household use of phoenix reclinata palm frond hand brushes on the Wild Coast, South Africa. Economic Botany, 1–12. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12231-015-9316-9 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Selinske, M.J., Coetzee, J., Purnell, K. & Knight, A.T. 2015. Understanding the Motivations, Satisfaction, and Retention of Landowners in Private Land Conservation Programs. Conservation Letters, 8(4): 282–289. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12154 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Shackleton, C.M. 2015. Non-timber forest products in livelihoods, in: Shackleton, C.M., Pandey, A.K. & Ticktin, T. (Eds.), Ecological Sustainability for Non-Timber Forest Products: Dynamics and Case Studies of Harvesting, People and Plants International Conservation. London: Routledge, pp. 12 – 30. Available: http://opac.seals.ac.za/record=b2478112~S26 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Shackleton, C.M., Pandey, A.K. & Ticktin, T. 2015. Ecologically sustainable harvesting of non-timber forest products: Disarming the narrative and the complexity, in: Shackleton, C.M., Pandey, A.K. & Ticktin, T. (Eds.), Ecological Sustainability for Non-Timber Forest Products: Dynamics and Case Studies of Harvesting, People and Plants International Conservation. London: Routledge, pp. 1 – 280. Available: http://opac.seals.ac.za/record=b2478112~S26 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Shackleton, C.M., Pandey, A.K. & Ticktin, T. 2015. Ecological sustainability for non-timber forest products: Dynamics and case studies of harvesting, in: Shackleton, C.M., Pandey, A.K., Ticktin, T. (Eds.), Ecological Sustainability for Non-Timber Forest Products: Dynamics and Case Studies of Harvesting, People and Plants International Conservation. London: Routledge, pp. 260 – 278. Available: http://opac.seals.ac.za/record=b2478112~S26 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Shackleton, C.M., Ticktin, T. & Pandey, A.K. 2015. Introduction: The need to understand the ecological sustainability of non-timber forest products harvesting systems, in: Shackleton, C.M., Pandey, A.K., & Ticktin, T. (Eds.), Ecological Sustainability for Non-Timber Forest Products: Dynamics and Case Studies of Harvesting, People and Plants International Conservation. Routledge, London ; New York, pp. 3–11. Available: http://opac.seals.ac.za/record=b2478112~S26 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

GEOGRAPHY: Evans, R., Collins, A.L., Foster, I.D.L., Rickson, R.J., Anthony, S.G., Brewer, T., Deeks, L., Newell-Price, J.P., Truckell, I.G. & Zhang, Y. 2015. Extent, frequency and rate of water erosion of arable land in Britain – benefits and challenges for modelling. Soil Use and Management. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sum.12210 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

GEOGRAPHY: Pulley, S., Foster, I. & Antunes, P. 2015. The application of sediment fingerprinting to floodplain and lake sediment cores: assumptions and uncertainties evaluated through case studies in the Nene Basin, UK. J Soils Sediments 15: 2132–2154. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11368-015-1136-0 [Accessed 02 November 2015].

GEOGRAPHY: Pulley, S., Foster, I. & Antunes, P. 2015. The dynamics of sediment-associated contaminants over a transition from drought to multiple flood events in a lowland UK catchment. Hydrological Processes. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10616 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

GEOGRAPHY: Pulley, S. & Rowntree, K. 2016. The use of an ordinary colour scanner to fingerprint sediment sources in the South African Karoo. Journal of Environmental Management, 165: 253–262. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.09.037 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Huchzermeyer, K.D.A. & Colly, P.A. 2015. Production of Koi Herpesvirus-Free Fish: Implementing Biosecurity Practices on a Working Koi Farm in South Africa. Journal of Applied Aquaculture, 27(3): 318–329. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10454438.2014.914997 [Accessed 03 November 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 03 November 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Rishworth, G.M., Strydom, N.A. & Potts, W.M. 2015. The nursery role of a sheltered surf-zone in warm-temperate Southern Africa. African Zoology, 50: 11–16. Available: http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC177697 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY Childs, A., Cowley, P.D., Nsje, T.F. & Bennett, R.H. 2015. Habitat connectivity and intra-population structure of an estuary-dependent fishery species. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 537: 233–245. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11456 [Accessed 03 November 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 03 November 2015].

MANAGEMENT & STATISTICS: Mayer, C., Louw, L. & Baxter, J. 2015. “Committed, motivated and joyful?” Job satisfaction and organisational commitment of managers at a South African public utility: original research. Acta Commercii, 15: 1–12. Available: http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC175932 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Hees, A., Bailey, Q.G., Le Poncin-Lafitte, C., Bourgoin, A., Rivoldini, A., Lamine, B., Meynadier, F., Guerlin, C. & Wolf, P. 2015. Testing Lorentz symmetry with planetary orbital dynamics. Physical Review D, 92: 064049. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.92.064049 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

PHARMACY: Patel, S. & Dowse, R. 2015. Understanding the medicines information-seeking behaviour and information needs of South African long-term patients with limited literacy skills. Health Expectations, 18(5): 1494–1507. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.12131 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

PHARMACY: Patnala, S. & Kanfer, I. 2015. Medicinal use of sceletium: characterization of phytochemical components of sceletium plant species using HPLC with UV and Electrospray Ionization – Tandem Mass Spectroscopy. Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 18: 414–423. Available: https://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/JPPS/article/view/25220 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

PHARMACY: Zeelie, H.C. & Pienaar, S. 2015. Medicine use evaluation of enoxaparin and an evaluation of possible cost implications: forum. SA Pharmaceutical Journal, 82(8): 40–42. Available: http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC178224 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Allison, J.R., Sadler, E.M., Moss, V.A., Whiting, M.T., Hunstead, R.W., Pracy, M.B., Curran, S.J., Croom, S.M., Glowacki, M., Morganti, R., Shabala, S.S., Zwaan, M.A., Allen, G., Amy, S.W., Axtens, P., Ball, L., Bannister, K.W., Barker, S., Bell, M.E., Bock, D.C.-J., Bolton, R., Bowen, M., Boyle, B., Braun, R., Broadhurst, S., Brodrick, D., Brothers, M., Brown, A., Bunton, J.D., Cantrall, C., Chapman, J., Cheng, W., Chippendale, A.P., Chung, Y., Cooray, F., Cornwell, T., DeBoer, D., Diamond, P., Edwards, P.G., Ekers, R., Feain, I., Ferris, R.H., Forsyth, R., Gough, R., Grancea, A., Gupta, N., Guzman, J.C., Hampson, G., Harvey-Smith, L., Haskins, C., Hay, S., Hayman, D.B., Heywood, I., Hotan, A.W., Hoyle, S., Humphreys, B., Indermuehle, B.T., Jacka, C., Jackson, C., Jackson, S., Jeganathan, K., Johnston, S., Joseph, J., Kendall, R., Kesteven, M., Kiraly, D., Koribalski, B.S., Leach, M., Lenc, E., Lensson, E., Mackay, S., Macleod, A., Marquarding, M., Marvil, J., McClure-Griffiths, N., McConnell, D., Mirtschin, P., Norris, R.P., Neuhold, S., Ng, A., O’Sullivan, J., Pathikulangara, J., Phillips, C., Pearce, S., Popping, A., Qiao, R.Y., Reynolds, J.E., Roberts, P., Sault, R.J., Schinckel, A., Serra, P., Shaw, R., Shields, M., Shimwell, T., Storey, M., Sweetnam, T., Troup, E., Turner, B., Tuthill, J., Tzioumis, A., Voronkov, M.A., Westmeier, T. & Wilson, C.D. 2015. Discovery of H i gas in a young radio galaxy at z = 0.44 using the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS), 453: 1249–1267. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1532 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Bastien, M., Heijer, M. den, Oosterloo, T.A., Serra, P., Józsa, G.I.G., Kerp, J., Morganti, R., Cappellari, M., Davis, T.A., Duc, P.-A., Emsellem, E., Krajnović, D., McDermid, R.M., Naab, T., Weijmans, A.-M. & Zeeuw, P.T. de. 2015. The H I Tully-Fisher relation of early-type galaxies. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 581: 11. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526879 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Ciardi, B., Inoue, S., Abdalla, F.B., Asad, K., Bernardi, G., Bolton, J.S., Brentjens, M., De Bruyn, A.G., Chapman, E., Daiboo, S., Fernandez, E.R., Ghosh, A., Graziani, L., Harker, G.J.A., Iliev, I.T., Jelić, V., Jensen, H., Kazemi, S., Koopmans, L.V.E., Martinez, O., Maselli, A., Mellema, G., Offringa, A.R., Pandey, V.N., Schaye, J., Thomas, R., Vedantham, H., Yatawatta, S. & Zaroubi, S. 2015. Simulating the 21 cm forest detectable with LOFAR and SKA in the spectra of high-z GRBs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 453: 101–105. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1640 [Accessed 03 November 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 03 November 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Foster, G., Karastergiou, A., Paulin, R., Carozzi, T.D., Johnston, S. & Straten, W. van. 2015. Intrinsic instrumental polarization and high-precision pulsar timing. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 453: 1489–1502. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1722 [Accessed 03 November 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., Lenc, E., McKinley, B., 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 03 November 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Kamphuis, P., Józsa, G.I.G., Oh, S.-H., Spekkens, K., Urbancic, N., Serra, P., Koribalski, B.S. & Dettmar, R.-J. 2015. Automated kinematic modelling of warped galaxy discs in large H i surveys: 3D tilted-ring fitting of H i emission cubes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 452: 3139–3158. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1480 [Accessed 03 November 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 03 November 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Oronsaye, S.I., Ord, S.M., Bhat, N.D.R., Tremblay, S.E., McSweeney, S.J., Tingay, S.J., Straten, W. van, A. Jameson, Bernardi, G., Bowman, J.D., Briggs, F., Cappallo, R.J., Deshpande, A.A., 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., Prabu, T., Shankar, N.U., Srivani, K.S., Subrahmanyan, R., Wayth, R.B., Webster, R.L., Williams, A. & Williams, C.L. 2015. Simultaneous Observations of Giant Pulses from the Crab Pulsar, with the Murchison Widefield Array and Parkes Radio Telescope: Implications for the Giant Pulse Emission Mechanism. The Astrophysical Journal, 809(1): 51. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/809/1/51 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Pober, J.C., Ali, Z.S., Parsons, A.R., McQuinn, M., Aguirre, J.E., Gianni Bernardi, Bradley, R.F., Carilli, C.L., Cheng, C., DeBoer, D.R., Dexter, M.R., Furlanetto, S.R., Grobbelaar, J., Horrell, J., Jacobs, D.C., Klima, P.J., Kohn, S.A., Liu, A., MacMahon, D.H.E., Maree, M., Mesinger, A., Moore, D.F., Nima Razavi-Ghods, Stefan, I.I., Walbrugh, W.P., Walker, A. & Zheng, H. 2015. PAPER-64 Constraints on reionization. II. the temperature of the z =8.4 intergalactic medium. The Astrophysical Journal, 809(1): 62. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/809/1/62 [Accessed 03 November 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 03 November 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Sobey, C., Young, N.J., Hessels, J.W.T., Weltevrede, P., Stappers, B.W., Noutsos, A., Kramer, M., Bassa, C., Lyne, A.G., Kondratiev, V.I., Hassall, T.E., Keane, E.F., Bilous, A.V., Breton, R.P., Grießmeier, J.-M., Karastergiou, A., Pilia, M., Serylak, M., Veen, S. ter, Leeuwen, J. van, Alexov, A., Anderson, J., Asgekar, A., Avruch, I.M., Bell, M.E., Bentum, M.J., Bernardi, G., Best, P., Bîrzan, L., Bonafede, A., Breitling, F., Broderick, J., Brüggen, M., Corstanje, A., Carbone, D., Geus, E. de, Vos, M. de, Duin, A. van, Duscha, S., Eislöffel, J., Falcke, H., Fallows, R.A., Fender, R., Ferrari, C., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Gunst, A.W., Hamaker, J.P., Heald, G., Hoeft, M., Hörandel, J., Jütte, E., Kuper, G., Maat, P., Mann, G., Markoff, S., McFadden, R., McKay-Bukowski, D., McKean, J.P., Mulcahy, D.D., Munk, H., Nelles, A., Norden, M.J., Orrù, E., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pandey, V.N., Pietka, G., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A.G., Rafferty, D., Renting, A., Röttgering, H., Rowlinson, A., Scaife, A.M.M., Schwarz, D., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Steinmetz, M., Stewart, A., Swinbank, J., Tagger, M., Tang, Y., Tasse, C., Thoudam, S., Toribio, C., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Weeren, R.J. van, Wijers, R. a. M.J., Wise, M.W., Wucknitz, O., Yatawatta, S. & Zarka, P. 2015. LOFAR discovery of a quiet emission mode in PSR B0823+26. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 451: 2493–2506. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1066 [Accessed 03 November 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(1). Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v57i1.1258 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Howell, D.H., Cowley, P.D., Childs, A.-R. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2015. Movement behaviour of largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides in a South African impoundment. African Zoology, 50(3): 219–225. Available: http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC178630 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Miya, T., Gon, O., Mwale, M. & Cheng, C.-H.C. 2015. Multiple independent reduction or loss of antifreeze trait in low Antarctic and sub-Antarctic notothenioid fishes. Antarctic Science FirstView, 1–12. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954102015000413 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

STATISTICS: Chinomona, A. & Mwambi, H. 2015. Multiple imputation for non-response when estimating HIV prevalence using survey data Biostatistics and methods. BMC Public Health, 15. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2390-1 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Baker, E., Price, B.W., Rycroft, S. & Villet, M.H. 2015. Global Cicada Sound Collection I: Recordings from South Africa and Malawi by B. W. Price & M. H. Villet and harvesting of BioAcoustica data by GBIF. Biodiversity Data Journal. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5792 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Collinson, W.J., Parker, D.M., Bernard, R.T.F., Reilly, B.K. & Davies-Mostert, H.T. 2015. An inventory of vertebrate roadkill in the greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier conservation area, South Africa. African Journal of Wildlife Research, 45: 301–311. Available: http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC178569 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Dalu, T., Bere, T., Richoux, N.B. & Froneman, P.W. 2015. Assessment of the spatial and temporal variations in periphyton communities along a small temperate river system: A multimetric and stable isotope analysis approach. South African Journal of Botany, 100: 203–212. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2015.05.028 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Dalu, T., Richoux, N.B. & Froneman, P.W. 2015. Nature and source of suspended particulate matter and detritus along an austral temperate river–estuary continuum, assessed using stable isotope analysis. Hydrobiologia, 1–16. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-015-2480-1 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Dunlop, S.W., Mann, B.Q., Cowley, P.D., Murray, T.S. & Maggs, J.Q. 2015. Movement patterns of Lichia amia (Teleostei: Carangidae) : results from a long-term cooperative tagging project in South Africa. African Zoology, 50(3): 249–257. Available: http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC178626 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Dalu, T., Dube, T., Froneman, P.W., Sachikonye, M.T.B., Clegg, B.W. & Nhiwatiwa, T. 2015. An assessment of chlorophyll-a concentration spatio-temporal variation using Landsat satellite data, in a small tropical reservoir. Geocarto International, 30(10): 1130–1143. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2015.1027292 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Thackeray, S.R., Moore, S.D., Parkinson, M. & Hill, M.P. 2015. Citrus thrips, Scirtothrips aurantii (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), damage and infestation in the presence of molasses. Crop Protection, 78: 72–77. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2015.08.010 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DIVISION: Craig, A.J.F.K., Hausberger, M., Bonnevie, B. & Henry, L. 2015. The timing of moult in males and females of the monomorphic pale-winged starling onychognathus nabouroup. African Zoology, 50: 69–71. Available: http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC177689 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Mann, G.K.H., Lagesse, J.V., O’Riain, J.M. & Parker, D.M. 2015. Beefing up species richness? the effect of land-use on mammal diversity in an arid biodiversity hotspot. African Journal of Wildlife Research, 45: 321–331. Available: http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC178567 [Accessed 03 November 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 03 November 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Bell, C., McQuaid, C.D. & Porri, F. 2015. Barnacle settlement on rocky shores: Substratum preference and epibiosis on mussels. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 473: 195–201. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2015.09.006 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Wasserman, R.J., Vink, T.J.F., Dalu, T. & Froneman, P.W. 2015. Fish predation regimes modify benthic diatom community structures: Experimental evidence from an in situ mesocosm study. Austral Ecology, 40: 806–815. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12255 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Tagliarolo, M. & McQuaid, C.D. 2015. Sub-lethal and sub-specific temperature effects are better predictors of mussel distribution than thermal tolerance. Marine ecology Progress Series, 535: 145–159. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11434 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Wang, R., Compton, S.G., Quinnell, R.J., Peng, Y.-Q., Barwell, L. & Chen, Y. 2015. Insect responses to host plant provision beyond natural boundaries: latitudinal and altitudinal variation in a Chinese fig wasp community. Ecology and Evolution, 5: 3642–3656. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1622 [Accessed 03 November 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Weyl, P.S.R., Thum, R.A., Moody, M.L., Newman, R.M. & Coetzee, J.A. 2016. Was Myriophyllum spicatum L. (Haloragaceae) recently introduced to South Africa from Eurasia? Aquatic Botany, 128: 7–12. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2015.09.003 [Accessed 03 November 2015].