Science & Pharmacy Research Output: March - April 2016

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BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Daniyan, M.O., Boshoff, A., Prinsloo, E., Pesce, E.-R. & Blatch, G.L. 2016. The Malarial Exported PFA0660w Is an Hsp40 Co-Chaperone of PfHsp70-x. PLOS ONE, 11: e0148517. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148517 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Bizabani, C. & Dames, J.F. 2016. Assimilation of organic and inorganic nutrients by Erica root fungi from the fynbos ecosystem. Fungal Biology, 120: 370–375. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2015.11.006 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY & CHEMISTRY: Musyoka, T.M., Kanzi, A.M., Lobb, K.A. & Bishop, Ö.T. 2016. Structure Based Docking and Molecular Dynamic Studies of Plasmodial Cysteine Proteases against a South African Natural Compound and its Analogs. Scientific Reports, 6: 23690. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep23690 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Gu, C., Liu, Y., Liu, D., Li, Z., Mohamed, I., Zhang, R., Brooks, M. & Chen, F. 2016. Distribution and ecological assessment of heavy metals in irrigation channel sediments in a typical rural area of south China. Ecological Engineering, 90: 466–472. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.01.054 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Kumar, A., Dames, J.F., Gupta, A., Sharma, S., Gilbert, J.A. & Ahmad, P. 2015. Current developments in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi research and its role in salinity stress alleviation: a biotechnological perspective. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 35: 461–474. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/07388551.2014.899964 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Mulder, N.J., Christoffels, A., Oliveira, T. de, Gamieldien, J., Hazelhurst, S., Joubert, F., Kumuthini, J., Pillay, C.S., Snoep, J.L., Bishop, Ö.T. & Tiffin, N. 2016. The Development of Computational Biology in South Africa: Successes Achieved and Lessons Learnt. PLOS Computational Biology, 12: e1004395. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004395 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Pearce, D.A., Alekhina, I.A., Terauds, A.  Wilmotte, A., Quesada, A., Edwards, A., Dommergue, A., Sattler, B., Adams, B.J., Magalhães, C., Chu, W.-L., Lau, M.C.Y., Cary, C., Smith, D.J., Wall, D.H., Eguren, G., Matcher, G., Bradley, J.A., de Vera, J.-P., Elster, J., Hughes, K.A., Cuthbertson, L., Benning, L.G., Gunde-Cimerman, N., Convey, P., Hong, S.G., Pointing, S.B., Pellizari, V.H. & Vincent, W.F. 2016. Aerobiology Over Antarctica – A New Initiative for Atmospheric Ecology. Frontiers in Microbiology, 16. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00016 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Zininga, T., Achilonu, I., Hoppe, H., Prinsloo, E., Dirr, H.W. & Shonhai, A. 2016. Plasmodium falciparum Hsp70-z, an Hsp110 homologue, exhibits independent chaperone activity and interacts with Hsp70-1 in a nucleotide-dependent fashion. Cell Stress and Chaperones, 1–15. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12192-016-0678-4 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Janion-Scheepers, C., Measey, J., Braschler, B., Chown, S.L., Coetzee, L., Colville, J.F., Dames, J., Davies, A.B., Davies, S.J., Davis, A.L.V., Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S., Duffy, G.A., Fourie, D., Griffiths, C., Haddad, C.R., Hamer, M., Herbert, D.G., Hugo-Coetzee, E.A., Jacobs, A., Jacobs, K., Rensburg, C.J. van, Lamani, S., Lotz, L.N., Louw, S. vdM., Lyle, R., Malan, A.P., Marais, M., Neethling, J.-A., Nxele, T.C., Plisko, D.J., Prendini, L., Rink, A.N., Swart, A., Theron, P., Truter, M., Ueckermann, E., Uys, V.M., Villet, M.H., Willows-Munro, S. & Wilson, J.R.U. 2016. Soil biota in a megadiverse country: Current knowledge and future research directions in South Africa. Pedobiologia. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2016.03.004 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Fogel, R. & Limson, J. 2016. Developing Biosensors in Developing Countries: South Africa as a Case Study. Biosensors, 6: 5. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bios6010005 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

BOTANY: Bergh, N.G. & McKenzie, R.J. 2016a A revision of Heterolepis Cass. (Asteraceae: Cichorioideae). South African Journal of Botany, 105: 194–210. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2015.12.004 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

BOTANY: Clark, V.R., Bentley, J., Dold, A.P., Zikishe, V. & Barker, N.P. 2016. The rediscovery of the Great Winterberg endemic Lotononis harveyi B.–E.van Wyk after 147 years, and notes on the poorly known Amathole endemic Macowania revoluta Oliv. (southern Great Escarpment, South Africa). PhytoKeys, 62: 62, 113–124. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.62.8348 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

BOTANY: Gebauer, J., Adam, Y.O., Sanchez, A.C., Darr, D., Eltahir, M.E.S., Fadl, K.E.M., Fernsebner, G., Frei, M., Habte, T.-Y., Hammer, K., Hunsche, M., Johnson, H., Kordofani, M., Krawinkel, M., Kugler, F., Luedeling, E., Mahmoud, T.E., Maina, A., Mithöfer, D., Munthali, C.R.Y., Noga, G., North, R., Owino, W.O., Prinz, K., Rimberia, F.K., Saied, A., Schüring, M., Sennhenn, A., Späth, M.A., Taha, M.E.N., Triebel, A., Wichern, F., Wiehle, M., Wrage-Mönnig, N. & Kehlenbeck, K. 2016. Africa’s wooden elephant: the baobab tree (Adansonia digitata L.) in Sudan and Kenya: a review. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 63: 377–399. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10722-015-0360-1 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

BOTANY: Lundgren, M.R., Christin, P.-A., Escobar, E.G., Ripley, B.S., Besnard, G., Long, C.M., Hattersley, P.W., Ellis, R.P., Leegood, R.C. & Osborne, C.P. 2016. Evolutionary implications of C3–C4 intermediates in the grass Alloteropsis semialata. Plant, Cell and Environment. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pce.12665 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

BOTANY: Phaliso, N., McKenzie, R.J., Netnou-Nkoana, N.C., Karis, P.O. & Barker, N.P. 2016. Reassessing taxonomic relationships in the Berkheya clade (Asteraceae, Arctotideae–Gorteriinae): the utility of achene morphology. Phytotaxa, 246: 1–22. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.246.1.1 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Achadu, O.J., Uddin, I. & Nyokong, T. 2016. The interaction between graphene quantum dots grafted with polyethyleneimine and Au@Ag nanoparticles: Application as a fluorescence “turn-on” nanoprobe. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 324: 96–105. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2016.03.016 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Adegoke, O., Mashazi, P., Nyokong, T. & Forbes, P.B.C. 2016. Fluorescence properties of alloyed ZnSeS quantum dots overcoated with ZnTe and ZnTe/ZnS shells. Optical Materials, 54: 104–110. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2016.02.024 [Accessed 29 April 2019].

CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Uddin, I., Venkatachalam, S., Mukhopadhyay, A. & Usmani, M.A. 2016. Nanomaterials in the Pharmaceuticals: Occurrence, Behaviour and Applications. Current Pharmaceutical Design, 22(11): 1472–1484. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612822666160118104727 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

CHEMISTRY & BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Oluwole, D.O., Tilbury, C.M., Prinsloo, E., Limson, J. & Nyokong, T. 2016. Photophysicochemical properties and in vitro cytotoxicity of zinc tetracarboxyphenoxy phthalocyanine – quantum dot nanocomposites. Polyhedron, 106: 92–100. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2015.12.060 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Musyoka, T.M., Kanzi, A.M., Lobb, K.A. & Bishop, Ö.T. 2015. Analysis of non-peptidic compounds as potential malarial inhibitors against Plasmodial cysteine proteases via integrated virtual screening workflow. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 0: 1–18. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2015.1108231 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Nxele, S.R. & Nyokong, T. 2016. Conjugation of Azide-functionalised CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots with Tetrakis(5-hexyn-oxy) Fe(II) phthalocyanine via Click Chemistry for Electrocatalysis. Electrochimica Acta, 194: 26–39. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.01.234 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Osifeko, O.L., Uddin, I., Mashazi, P.N. & Nyokong, T. 2016. Physicochemical and antimicrobial photodynamic chemotherapy of unsymmetrical indium phthalocyanines alone or in the presence of magnetic nanoparticles. New Journal of Chemistry, 40: 2710–2721. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5NJ01922B [Accessed 29 April 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Osifeko, O. & Nyokong, T. 2016. Synthesis and physicochemical properties of zinc and indium phthalocyanines conjugated to quantum dots, gold and magnetic nanoparticles. Dyes and Pigments, 131: 186–200. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2016.04.015 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

CHEMISTRY & PHARMACY: Reddy, N.H.S., Patnala, S. & Kanfer, I. 2016. Investigation of Biowaivers for Immediate Release Formulations Containing BCS III Drugs, Acyclovir, Atenolol, and Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride, Using Dissolution Testing. AAPS PharmSciTech, 1–8. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1208/s12249-016-0520-4 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Phogat, N., Khan, S.A., Shankar, S., Ansary, A.A. & Uddin, I. 2016. Fate of inorganic nanoparticles in agriculture. Advanced Materials Letters, 7: 3–12. Available: http://vbripress.com/aml/articles/details/765/ [Accessed 29 April 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Sekhosana, K.E. & Nyokong, T. 2016. Optical limiting response of multi-walled carbon nanotube-phthalocyanine nanocomposite in solution and when in poly (acrylic acid). Journal of Molecular Structure, 1117: 140–146. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2016.03.067 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Shumba, M. & Nyokong, T. 2016. Characterization and Electrocatalytic Activity of Nanocomposites Consisting of Nanosized Cobalt Tetraaminophenoxy Phthalocyanine, Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes and Gold Nanoparticles. Electroanalysis. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elan.201501058 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Shumba, M. & Nyokong, T. 2016. Electrode modification using nanocomposites of boron or nitrogen doped graphene oxide and cobalt (II) tetra aminophenoxy phthalocyanine nanoparticles. Electrochimica Acta, 196: 457–469. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.02.166 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Carse, S. & Bradshaw, K. 2015. Towards an Extensible Generic Agent-Based Simulator for Mammals. In Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Research Conference on South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists (SAICSIT '15), Richard J. Barnett, Loek Cleophas, Derrick G. Kourie, Daniel B. le Roux, and Bruce W. Watson (Eds.). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 8, 10 pages. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2815782.2815787 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Foss, R. & Rouget, A. 2015. Immersive Audio Content creation using mobile devices and Ethernet AVB. Presented at the 139th Audio Engineering Society International Convention, AES 2015. Available: http://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=18009 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Jordaan, J. & Bradshaw, K., 2015. The current state of digital forensic practitioners in South Africa, in: Information Security for South Africa (ISSA), 2015. Presented at the Information Security for South Africa (ISSA), 2015, pp. 1–9. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISSA.2015.7335068 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Rudman, L. & Irwin, B. 2015. Characterization and analysis of NTP amplification based DDoS attacks, in: Information Security for South Africa (ISSA), 2015. Presented at the Information Security for South Africa (ISSA), 2015, pp. 1–5. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISSA.2015.7335069 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Shaw, B. & Foss, R. 2015. A connection management system to enable the wireless transmission of MIDI messages. Presented at the 139th Audio Engineering Society International Convention, AES 2015. Available: http://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=18030 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Wrench, P.M. & Irwin, B.V.W. 2015. Towards a PHP webshell taxonomy using deobfuscation-assisted similarity analysis, in: Information Security for South Africa (ISSA), 2015. Presented at the Information Security for South Africa (ISSA), 2015, pp. 1–8. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISSA.2015.7335066 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Chelleri, L., Kua, H.W., Rodríguez Sánchez, J.P., Nahiduzzaman, K.M. & Thondhlana, G. 2016. Are People Responsive to a More Sustainable, Decentralized, and User-Driven Management of Urban Metabolism? Sustainability, 8: 275. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su8030275 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Cockburn, J., Rouget, M., Slotow, R., Roberts, D., Boon, R., Douwes, E., O’Donoghue, S., Downs, C., Mukherjee, S., Musakwa, W., Mutanga, O., Mwabvu, T., Odindi, J., Odindo, A., Procheş, Ş., Ramdhani, S., Ray-Mukherjee, J., Sershen, Schoeman, M.C., Smit, A., Wale, E. & Willows-Munro, S. 2016. How to build science-action partnerships for local land-use planning and management: lessons from Durban, South Africa. Ecology and Society, 21(1):28. Available: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol21/iss1/art28/ [Accessed 29 April 2016].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: De Vos, A., Cumming, G., Cumming, D., Ament, J., Baum, J., Clements, H., Grewar, J., Maciejewski, K. & Moore, C. 2016. Pathogens, disease, and the social-ecological resilience of protected areas. Ecology and Society, 21(1):20. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-07984-210120 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Lagesse, J.V. & Thondhlana, G. 2016. The effect of land-use on small mammal diversity inside and outside the Great Fish River Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments, 130: 76–83. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2016.03.006 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Ruwanza, S. & Shackleton, C.M. 2016. Effects of the invasive shrub, Lantana camara, on soil properties in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Weed Biology and Management. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/wbm.12094 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Shackleton, C.M. & Shackleton, R.T. 2016. Knowledge, perceptions and willingness to control designated invasive tree species in urban household gardens in South Africa. Biological Invasions, 1–11. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1104-7 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Sitas, N., Reyers, B., Cundill, G., Prozesky, H.E., Nel, J.L. & Esler, K.J. 2016. Fostering collaboration for knowledge and action in disaster management in South Africa. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 19: 94–102. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2015.12.007 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

GEOGRAPHY: Pulley, S., Foster, I. & Antunes, P. 2016. The dynamics of sediment-associated contaminants over a transition from drought to multiple flood events in a lowland UK catchment. Hydrological Processes, 30: 704–719. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10616 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

GEOGRAPHY: Pulley, S. & Rowntree, K. 2016. Stages in the life of a magnetic grain: Sediment source discrimination, particle size effects and spatial variability in the South African Karoo. Geoderma, 271: 134–143. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.02.015 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

GEOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Sciscio, L., Tsikos, H., Roberts, D.L., Scott, L., van Breugel, Y., Sinninghe Damste, J.S., Schouten, S. & Grocke, D.R. 2016. Miocene climate and vegetation changes in the Cape Peninsula, South Africa: Evidence from biogeochemistry and palynology. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 445: 124–137. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.12.014 [Accessed 29 April 2016].

GEOLOGY: Hickman-Lewis, K., Garwood, R.J., Brasier, M.D., Goral, T., Jiang, H., McLoughlin, N. & Wacey, D. 2016. Carbonaceous microstructures from sedimentary laminated chert within the 3.46 Ga Apex Basalt, Chinaman Creek locality, Pilbara, Western Australia. Precambrian Research, 278: 161–178. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2016.03.013 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

GEOLOGY: Moore, A.E., Cotterill, F.P.D. (Woody), Winterbach, C.W., Winterbach, H.E.K., Antunes, A. & O’Brien, S.J. 2016. Genetic Evidence for Contrasting Wetland and Savannah Habitat Specializations in Different Populations of Lions (Panthera leo). Journal of Heredity, 107(2): 101–103. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esv097 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

HUMAN KINETICS AND ERGONOMICS: Pote, L. & Christie, C.J. 2016. Strength and conditioning practices of University and high school level cricket coaches: a South African context. Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000001432 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Beckensteiner, J., Kaplan, D.M., Potts, W.M., Santos, C.V. & O’Farrell, M.R. 2016. Data-Limited Population-Status Evaluation of Two Coastal Fishes in Southern Angola Using Recreational Catch Length-Frequency Data. PLOS ONE, 11: e0147834. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147834 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Hobday, A.J., Cochrane, K., Downey-Breedt, N., Howard, J., Aswani, S., Byfield, V., Duggan, G., Duna, E., Dutra, L.X.C., Frusher, S.D., Fulton, E.A., Gammage, L., Gasalla, M.A., Griffiths, C., Guissamulo, A., Haward, M., Jarre, A., Jennings, S.M., Jordan, T., Joyner, J., Ramani, N.K., Shanmugasundaram, S.L.P., Malherbe, W., Cisneros, K.O., Paytan, A., Pecl, G.T., Plagányi, É.E., Popova, E.E., Razafindrainibe, H., Roberts, M., Rohit, P., Sainulabdeen, S.S., Sauer, W., Valappil, S.T., Zacharia, P.U. & Putten, E.I. van. 2016. Planning adaptation to climate change in fast-warming marine regions with seafood-dependent coastal communities. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 1–16. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11160-016-9419-0 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Magellan, K. 2016. Amphibious adaptations in a newly recognized amphibious fish: Terrestrial locomotion and the influences of body size and temperature. Austral Ecology. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12332 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Maggs, J.Q. & Cowley, P.D. 2016. Nine decades of fish movement research in southern Africa: a synthesis of research and findings from 1928 to 2014. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 1–16. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11160-016-9425-2 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Parker, D. & Booth, A.J. 2015. Aspects of the biology and life history of largespot pompano, Trachinotus botla, in South Africa. Marine & Freshwater Research, 66: 247–255. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF14029 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Popova, E., Yool, A., Byfield, V., Cochrane, K., Coward, A.C., Salim, S.S., Gasalla, M.A., Henson, S.A., Hobday, A.J., Pecl, G.T., Sauer, W.H. & Roberts, M.J. 2016. From global to regional and back again: common climate stressors of marine ecosystems relevant for adaptation across five ocean warming hotspots. Global Change Biology. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13247 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Vousden, D. 2015. Large marine ecosystems and associated new approaches to regional, transboundary and “high seas” management, in: Research Handbook on International Marine Environmental Law. pp. 385–410. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781781004777 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

ICHYTHOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Jansen, T., Kristensen, K., Kainge, P., Durholtz, D., Strømme, T., Thygesen, U.H., Wilhelm, M.R., Kathena, J., Fairweather, T.P., Paulus, S., Degel, H., Lipinski, M.R. & Beyer, J.E. 2016. Migration, distribution and population (stock) structure of shallow-water hake (Merluccius capensis) in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem inferred using a geostatistical population model. Fisheries Research, 179: 156–167. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2016.02.026 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

ICHYTHOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Kirkman, S.P., Blamey, L., Lamont, T., Field, J.G., Bianchi, G., Huggett, J.A., Hutchings, L., Jackson-Veitch, J., Jarre, A., Lett, C., Lipiński, M.R., Mafwila, S.W., Pfaff, M.C., Samaai, T., Shannon, L.J., Shin, Y.-J., Lingen, C. van der. Yemane, D. 2016. Spatial characterisation of the Benguela ecosystem for ecosystem-based management. African Journal of Marine Science, 0: 1–16. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2015.1125390 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

ICHYTHOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Naud, M.-J., Sauer, W.H.H., McKeown, N.J. & Shaw, P.W. 2016. Multiple Mating, Paternity and Complex Fertilisation Patterns in the Chokka Squid Loligo reynaudii. PLOS ONE, 11: e0146995. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146995 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

ICHYTHOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Farthing, M.W., James, N.C. & Potts, W.M. 2016. Age and growth of Cape stumpnose Rhabdosargus holubi (Pisces: Sparidae) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 38(1): 65–71. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2016.1156577 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

ICHYTHOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE, ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY, Parker, D., Winker, H., Bernard, A.T.F., Heyns-Veale, E.R., Langlois, T.J., Harvey, E.S. & Götz, A. 2016. Insights from baited video sampling of temperate reef fishes: How biased are angling surveys? Fisheries Research, 179: 191–201. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2016.02.025 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Cañedo-Argüelles, M., Hawkins, C.P., Kefford, B.J., Schäfer, R.B., Dyack, B.J., Brucet, S., Buchwalter, D., Dunlop, J., Frör, O., Lazorchak, J., Coring, E., Fernandez, H.R., Goodfellow, W., Achem, A.L.G., Hatfield-Dodds, S., Karimov, B.K., Mensah, P., Olson, J.R., Piscart, C., Prat, N., Ponsá, S., Schulz, C.-J. & Timpano, A.J. 2016. Saving freshwater from salts. Science, 351: 914–916. Availbale: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aad3488 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Hughes, D.A. & Slaughter, A.R. 2016. Disaggregating the components of a monthly water resources system model to daily values for use with a water quality model. Environmental Modelling & Software, 80: 122–131. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.02.028 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Odume, O.N., Palmer, C.G., Arimoro, F.O. & Mensah, P.K. 2016. Chironomid assemblage structure and morphological response to pollution in an effluent-impacted river, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Ecological Indicators, 67: 391–402. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.03.001 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Biggs, R. & Nagy, P.T, 2016. On Sub-Riemannian and Riemannian Structures on the Heisenberg Groups. Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems, 1–32. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10883-016-9316-9 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Bishop, N.T. 2016. Gravitational waves in a de Sitter universe. Physical Review D, 93: 044025. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.044025 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Hees, A., Famaey, B., Angus, G.W. & Gentile, G. 2016. Combined Solar system and rotation curve constraints on MOND. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 455: 449–461. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2330 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Mohapi, N., Hees, A. & Larena, J. 2016. Test of the Equivalence Principle in the Dark sector on galactic scales. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2016: 032. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/03/032 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Nagar, A., Damour, T., Reisswig, C. & Pollney, D. 2016. Energetics and phasing of nonprecessing spinning coalescing black hole binaries. Physical Review D, 93: 044046. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.044046 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

PHARMACY: Davit, B.M., Kanfer, I., Tsang, Y.C. & Cardot, J.-M. 2016. BCS Biowaivers: Similarities and Differences Among EMA, FDA, and WHO Requirements. American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Journal, 1–7. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1208/s12248-016-9877-2 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

PHARMACY: Moyo, F., Tandlich, R., Madikizela, P., Chifunda, E. & Watkins, G.M. 2016. Sorption of Trioctyl Amine to Kaolinite. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 25(1): 78–88. Available: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299449350_SORPTION_OF_TRIOCTYL_AMINE_TO_KAOLINITE [Accessed 03 May 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Allison, J. r., Sadler, E. m., Moss, V. a., Harvey-Smith, L., Heywood, I., Indermuehle, B. T., McConnell, D., Sault, R.J. & Whiting, M.T. 2016. Tracing the neutral gas environments of young radio AGN with ASKAP. Astronomische Nachrichten, 337: 175–179. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asna.201512288 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Bernardi, G., Venturi, T., Cassano, R., Dallacasa, D., Brunetti, G., Cuciti, V., Johnston-Hollitt, M., Oozeer, N., Parekh, V. & Smirnov, O.M. 2016. KAT-7 observations of an unbiased sample of mass-selected galaxy clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 456(2): 1259–1268. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2589 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Brook, P.R., Karastergiou, A., Johnston, S., Kerr, M., Shannon, R.M., Roberts, S.J. 2016. Emission-rotation correlation in pulsars: new discoveries with optimal techniques. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 456(2): 1374–1393. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2715 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Buitink, S., Corstanje, A., Falcke, H., Hörandel, J.R., Huege, T., Nelles, A., Rachen, J.P., Rossetto, L., Schellart, P., Scholten, O., ter Veen, S., Thoudam, S., Trinh, T.N.G., Anderson, J., Asgekar, A., Avruch, I.M., Bell, M.E., Bentum, M.J., Bernardi, G., Best, P., Bonafede, A., Breitling, F., Broderick, J.W., Brouw, W.N., Brüggen, M., Butcher, H.R., Carbone, D., Ciardi, B., Conway, J.E., de Gasperin, F., de Geus, E., Deller, A., Dettmar, R.-J., van Diepen, G., Duscha, S., Eislöffel, J., Engels, D., Enriquez, J.E., Fallows, R.A., Fender, R., Ferrari, C., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Grießmeier, J.M., Gunst, A.W., van Haarlem, M.P., Hassall, T.E., Heald, G., Hessels, J.W.T., Hoeft, M., Horneffer, A., Iacobelli, M., Intema, H., Juette, E., Karastergiou, A., Kondratiev, V.I., Kramer, M., Kuniyoshi, M., Kuper, G., van Leeuwen, J., Loose, G.M., Maat, P., Mann, G., Markoff, S., McFadden, R., McKay-Bukowski, D., McKean, J.P., Mevius, M., Mulcahy, D.D., Munk, H., Norden, M.J., Orru, E., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pandey, V.N., Pietka, M., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A.G., Reich, W., Röttgering, H.J.A., Scaife, A.M.M., Schwarz, D.J., Serylak, M., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Stappers, B.W., Steinmetz, M., Stewart, A., Swinbank, J., Tagger, M., Tang, Y., Tasse, C., Toribio, M.C., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Vogt, C., van Weeren, R.J., Wijers, R. a. M.J., Wijnholds, S.J., Wise, M.W., Wucknitz, O., Yatawatta, S., Zarka, P. & Zensus, J.A. 2016. A large light-mass component of cosmic rays at 1017–1017.5 electronvolts from radio observations. Nature, 531: 70–73. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature16976 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Gerdes, D.W., Jennings, R.J., Bernstein, G.M., Sako, M., Adams, F., Goldstein, D., Kessler, R., Hamilton, S., T. Abbott, Abdalla, F.B., Allam, S., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D.L., D. Capozzi, Rosell, A.C., Kind, M.C., Carretero, J., Cunha, C.E., D’Andrea, C.B., Costa, L.N. da, DePoy, D.L., Desai, S., Dietrich, J.P., Doel, P., Eifler, T.F., Neto, A.F., Flaugher, B., Frieman, J., E. Gaztanaga, Gruen, D., Gruendl, R.A., Gutierrez, G., Honscheid, K., James, D.J., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., O. Lahav, Li, T.S., Maia, M.A.G., March, M., Martini, P., Miller, C.J., Miquel, R., Nichol, R.C., Nord, B., R. Ogando, Plazas, A.A., Romer, A.K., Sanchez, E., Roodman, A., Santiago, B., Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, R.C., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarlé, G., Thaler, J., Walker, A.R., W. Wester, Zhang, Y. & Collaboration, T.D. 2016. Observation of Two New L4 Neptune Trojans in the Dark Energy Survey Supernova Fields. The Astronomical Journal, 151: 39. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-6256/151/2/39 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Girard, J.N., Zarka, P., Tasse, C., Hess, S., De, P., Santos-Costa, D., Nenon, Q., Sicard, A., Bourdarie, S., Anderson, J., Asgekar, A., Bell, M.E., Van, B., Bentum, M.J., Bernardi, G., Best, P., Bonafede, A., Breitling, F., Breton, R.P., Broderick, J.W., Brouw, W.N., Brüggen, M., Ciardi, B., Corbel, S., Corstanje, A., De, G., De, G., Deller, A., Duscha, S., Eislöffel, J., Falcke, H., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Grießmeier, J., Gunst, A.W., Hessels, J.W.T., Hoeft, M., Hörandel, J., Iacobelli, M., Juette, E., Kondratiev, V.I., Kuniyoshi, M., Kuper, G., Van, L., Loose, M., Maat, P., Mann, G., Markoff, S., McFadden, R., McKay-Bukowski, D., Moldon, J., Munk, H., Nelles, A., Norden, M.J., Orru, E., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A.G., Reich, W., Röttgering, H., Rowlinson, A., Schwarz, D., Smirnov, O., Steinmetz, M., Swinbank, J., Tagger, M., Thoudam, S., Toribio, M.C., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Van, W., Wijers, R.A.M.J. & Wucknitz, O. 2016. Imaging Jupiter’s radiation belts down to 127 MHz with LOFAR. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 587. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527518 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Grobler, T.L. & Smirnov, O.M. 2015. Calibration artefacts: Phase only calibration, in: Radio Science Conference (URSI AT-RASC), 2015 1st URSI Atlantic. Presented at the Radio Science Conference (URSI AT-RASC), 2015 1st URSI Atlantic, pp. 1–1. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/URSI-AT-RASC.2015.7303205 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Lochner, M., Bassett, B., Kunz, M., Natarajan, I., Oozeer, N., Smirnov, O. & Zwart, J. 2014. Bayesian Inference for Radio Observations - Going beyond deconvolution, in: Statistical Challenges in 21st Century Cosmology, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 10(Symposium S306): 185–188. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1743921314013830 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Majumdar, S., Jensen, H., Mellema, G., Chapman, E., Abdalla, F.B., Lee, K.-Y., Iliev, I.T., Dixon, K.L., Datta, K.K., Ciardi, B., Fernandez, E.R., Jelić, V., Koopmans, L.V.E., Zaroubi, S. 2016. Effects of the sources of reionization on 21-cm redshift-space distortions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 456(2): 2080–2094. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2812 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Merson, A.I., Baugh, C.M., Gonzalez-Perez, V., Abdalla, F.B., Lagos, C. del P. & Mei, S. 2016. The abundance and colours of galaxies in high-redshift clusters in the cold dark matter cosmology. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 456(2): 1681–1699. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2706 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Neben, A.R., Hewitt, J.N., Bradley, R.F., Dillon, J.S., Bernardi, G., Bowman, J.D., Briggs, F., Cappallo, R.J., Corey, B.E., 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. 2016. BEAM-FORMING ERRORS in MURCHISON WIDEFIELD ARRAY PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS and THEIR EFFECTS on EPOCH of REIONIZATION SCIENCE. Astrophysical Journal, 820. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/820/1/44 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Ogundare, F.O., Alatishe, M.A., Chithambo, M.L. & Costin, G. 2016. Thermoluminescence of kunzite: A study of kinetic processes and dosimetry characteristics. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 373: 44–51. Availble: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2016.02.059 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Peshier, A. & Giovannoni, D. 2016. The cool potential of gluons. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 668. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/668/1/012076 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Pober, J.C., Hazelton, B.J., Beardsley, A.P., Barry, N.A., Martinot, Z.E., Sullivan, I.S., Morales, M.F., Bell, M.E., Bernardi, G., Bhat, N.D.R., Bowman, J.D., Briggs, F., Cappallo, R.J., Carroll, P., Corey, B.E., Oliveira-Costa, A. de, Deshpande, A.A., Dillon, J.S., Emrich, D., Ewall-Wice, A.M., Feng, L., R. Goeke, Greenhill, L.J., Hewitt, J.N., Hindson, L., Hurley-Walker, N., Jacobs, D.C., Johnston-Hollitt, M., Kaplan, D.L., Kasper, J.C., Kim, H.-S., Kittiwisit, P., Kratzenberg, E., Kudryavtseva, N., Lenc, E., Line, J., A. Loeb, Lonsdale, C.J., Lynch, M.J., McKinley, B., McWhirter, S.R., Mitchell, D.A., Morgan, E., Neben, A.R., D. Oberoi, Offringa, A.R., Ord, S.M., Paul, S., Pindor, B., Prabu, T., Procopio, P., Riding, J., Rogers, A.E.E., Roshi, A., Sethi, S.K., Shankar, N.U., Srivani, K.S., Subrahmanyan, R., Tegmark, M., Nithyanandan Thyagarajan, Tingay, S.J., Trott, C.M., Waterson, M., Wayth, R.B., Webster, R.L., Whitney, A.R., A. Williams, Williams, C.L. & Wyithe, J.S.B. 2016. The Importance of Wide-field Foreground Removal for 21 cm Cosmology: A Demonstration with Early MWA Epoch of Reionization Observations. Astrophysical Journal, 819: 8. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/819/1/8 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Suchyta, E., Huff, E.M., Aleksić, J., Melchior, P., Jouvel, S., MacCrann, N., Ross, A.J., Crocce, M., Gaztanaga, E., Honscheid, K., Leistedt, B., Peiris, H.V., Rykoff, E.S., Sheldon, E., Abbott, T., Abdalla, F.B., Allam, S., Banerji, M., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Burke, D.L., Rosell, A.C., Kind, M.C., Carretero, J., Cunha, C.E., D’Andrea, C.B., da Costa, L.N., DePoy, D.L., Desai, S., Diehl, H.T., Dietrich, J.P., Doel, P., Eifler, T.F., Estrada, J., Evrard, A.E., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., Gerdes, D.W., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R.A., James, D.J., Jarvis, M., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Lima, M., Maia, M. a. G., March, M., Marshall, J.L., Miller, C.J., Miquel, R., Neilsen, E., Nichol, R.C., Nord, B., Ogando, R., Percival, W.J., Reil, K., Roodman, A., Sako, M., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, R.C., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Thaler, J., Thomas, D., Vikram, V., Walker, A.R., Wechsler, R.H., Zhang, Y. & Collaboration, T.D. 2016. No galaxy left behind: accurate measurements with the faintest objects in the Dark Energy Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 457: 786–808. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2953 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Trott, C.M., Pindor, B., Procopio, P., Wayth, R.B., Mitchell, D.A., McKinley, B., Tingay, S.J., Barry, N., Beardsley, A.P., Bernardi, G., Bowman, J.D., Briggs, F., Cappallo, R.J., Carroll, P., Oliveira-Costa, A.D., Dillon, J.S., Ewall-Wice, A., Feng, L., Greenhill, L.J., Hazelton, B.J., Hewitt, J.N., Hurley-Walker, N., Johnston-Hollitt, M., Jacobs, D.C., Kaplan, D.L., Kim, H.S., Lenc, E., Line, J., Loeb, A., Lonsdale, C.J., Morales, M.F., Morgan, E., Neben, A.R., Thyagarajan, N., Oberoi, D., Offringa, A.R., Ord, S.M., Paul, S., Pober, J.C., Prabu, T., Riding, J., Shankar, N.U., Sethi, S.K., Srivani, K.S., Subrahmanyan, R., Sullivan, I.S., Tegmark, M., Webster, R.L., Williams, A., Williams, C.L., Wu, C. & Wyithe, J.S.B. 2016. CHIPS: The COSMOLOGICAL H i POWER SPECTRUM ESTIMATOR. Astrophysical Journal, 818. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/818/2/139 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Jackson, M.C., Woodford, D.J., Bellingan, T.A., Weyl, O.L.F., Potgieter, M.J., Rivers-Moore, N.A., Ellender, B.R., Fourie, H.E. & Chimimba, C.T. 2016. Trophic overlap between fish and riparian spiders: potential impacts of an invasive fish on terrestrial consumers. Ecology and Evolution, 6(6): 1745–1752. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1893 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Wasserman, R.J., Alexander, M.E., Barrios-O’Neill, D., Weyl, O.L.F. & Dalu, T. 2016. Using functional responses to assess predator hatching phenology implications for pioneering prey in arid temporary pools. Journal of Plankton Research, 38: 154–158. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbv114 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Wasserman, R.J., Alexander, M.E., Weyl, O.L.F., Barrios-O’Neill, D., Froneman, P.W. & Dalu, T. 2016. Emergent effects of structural complexity and temperature on predator–prey interactions. Ecosphere, 7(2). Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1239 [Accessed 03 May 2016].

STATISTICS: Adgaba, N., Ahmed, A.-G.A., Awraris, S.G., Al-Madani, M., Ansari, M.J., Sammouda, R. & Radloff, S.E. 2016. Pollination ecology, nectar secretion dynamics, and honey production potentials of Acacia ehrenbergiana (Hayne) and Acacia tortilis (Forsk.) Hayne, leguminosae (Mimosoideae), in an arid region of Saudi Arabia. Tropical Ecology, 57(3): 429–444.

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Opoku-Debrah, J.K., Hill, M.P., Knox, C. & Moore, S.D. 2016. Heterogeneity in virulence relationships between Cryptophlebia leucotreta granulovirus isolates and geographically distinct host populations: lessons from codling moth resistance to CpGV-M. BioControl, 1–11. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10526-016-9728-1 [Accessed 04 May 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Hodgson, A.N., Ridgeway, J.A. & Villet, M.H. 2016. Sperm ultrastructure and spermatodesm morphology of the spittle bug Locris transversa (Thunberg 1822) (Hemiptera: Cercopidae). Invertebrate Reproduction & Development, 0: 1–8. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07924259.2016.1157104 [Accessed 04 May 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Hoole, C., McKechnie, A. E., Parker, D. M. & Bennett, N. C. 2016. The influence of photoperiod on the reproductive physiology of the greater red musk shrew (Crocidura flavescens). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 94: 163–168. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2015-0128 [Accessed 04 May 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Iitembu, J.A. & Richoux, N.B. 2016. Characterisation of the dietary relationships of two sympatric hake species, Merluccius capensis and M. paradoxus, in the northern Benguela region using fatty acid profiles. African Journal of Marine Science, 38(1): 1–10. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2015.1115778 [Accessed 04 May 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Lourenço, C.R., Zardi, G.I., McQuaid, C.D., Serrão, E.A., Pearson, G.A., Jacinto, R. & Nicastro, K.R. 2016. Upwelling areas as climate change refugia for the distribution and genetic diversity of a marine macroalga. Journal of Biogeography. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12744 [Accessed 04 May 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Moody, M.L., Palomino, N., Weyl, P.S.R., Coetzee, J.A., Newman, R.M., Harms, N.E., Liu, X. & Thum, R.A. 2016. Unraveling the biogeographic origins of the Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) invasion in North America. American Journal of Botany, 103(4), 709–718. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1500476 [Accessed 04 May 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Pollard, M. & Hodgson, A.N. 2016. Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in a warm-temperate South African estuarine embayment. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 41: 57–65. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2015.1119670 [Accessed 04 May 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Pothasin, P., Compton, S.G. & Wangpakapattanawong, P. 2016. Seasonality of Leaf and Fig Production in Ficus squamosa, a Fig Tree with Seeds Dispersed by Water. PLOS ONE, 11: e0152380. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152380 [Accessed 04 May 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Richoux, N.B., Allan, E.L. & Froneman, P.W. 2016. Developmental and spatial variations in the diet signatures of hyperbenthic shrimp Nauticaris marionis at the Prince Edward Islands based on stable isotope ratios and fatty acid profiles. Continental Shelf Research, 118: 1–10. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2016.02.013 [Accessed 04 May 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Sanborn, A.F. & Villet, M.H. 2016. Two new species of Xosopsaltria Kirkaldy, 1904, with a key to the species of South African pygmy bladder cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae: Tettigomyiini). Zootaxa, 4092: 195–206. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4092.2.3 [Accessed 04 May 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY, SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Heyns, E.R., Bernard, A.T.F., Richoux, N.B. & Götz, A. 2016. Depth-related distribution patterns of subtidal macrobenthos in a well-established marine protected area. Marine Biology, 163: 1–15. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-016-2816-z [Accessed 04 May 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Tagliarolo, M. & McQuaid, C.D. 2016. Field Measurements Indicate Unexpected, Serious Underestimation of Mussel Heart Rates and Thermal Tolerance by Laboratory Studies. PLOS ONE, 11: e0146341. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146341 [Accessed 04 May 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Weyl, P.S.R. & Martin, G.D. 2016. Have grass carp driven declines in macrophyte occurrence and diversity in the Vaal River, South Africa? African Journal of Aquatic Science, 0: 1–5. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2015.1137856 [Accessed 04 May 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Williams, K.A., Lamb, J. & Villet, M.H. 2016. Phylogenetic radiation of the greenbottle flies (Diptera, Calliphoridae, Luciliinae). ZooKeys, 59–86. Available: http://dx/doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.568.6696 [Accessed 04 May 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Zimba, K., Moore, S. d., Heshula, U. & Hill, M. P. 2016. Agathis bishopi, a Larval Parasitoid of False Codling Moth Thaumatotibia leucotreta: Laboratory Rearing and Effect of Adult food on Parasitism and Longevity. African Entomology, 24(1): 153–161. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.4001/003.024.0153 [Accessed 04 May 2016].