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Olisah, C., Rubidge, G., Human, L. R. D., & Adams, J. B. (2024). Investigation of alkyl, aryl, and chlorinated OPFRs in sediments from estuarine systems: Seasonal variation, spatial distribution and ecological risks assessment. Environmental Research, 250, 118465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.118465 Cite

Bizani, M., Bornman, T. G., Campbell, E. E., Perissinotto, R., & Deyzel, S. H. P. (2023). Mesozooplankton community responses to a large-scale harmful algal bloom induced by the non-indigenous dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedra. Science of The Total Environment, 860, 161030. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161030 Cite
Davies-Coleman, M. T., McPhail, K. L., & Parker-Nance, S. (2023). A Quarter Century of Marine Biodiscovery in Algoa Bay, South Africa. Journal of Natural Products. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.2c00987 Cite
Mehta, A., Wynberg, R., Ramcharan-Kotze, C., & Smit, A. J. (2023). Exploring local perceptions around the value of marine biodiversity: the case of kelp in the Western Cape, South Africa. Ecosystems and People, 19(1), 2234499. https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2023.2234499 Cite
Nel, M. A., Adams, J. B., Rubidge, G., & Human, L. R. D. (2023). Heavy metal compartmentalisation in salt marsh and seagrass of the urbanised Swartkops estuary, South Africa. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 192, 115007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115007 Cite
Olisah, C., Rubidge, G., Human, L. R. D., & Adams, J. B. (2023). Tissue distribution, dietary intake and human health risk assessment of organophosphate pesticides in common fish species from South African estuaries. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 186, 114466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114466 Cite
Wasserman, J., Human, L. R. D., & Adams, J. B. (2023). Blue carbon stocks in southern Africa’s Endangered seagrass Zostera capensis. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 284, 108296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108296 Cite
Witkowski, A., Dobosz, R., Płociński, T., Dąbek, P., Zgłobicka, I., Lange-Bertalot, H., Bornman, T. G., Dobrucka, R., Gloc, M., & Kurzydłowski, K. (2023). Chapter 1: Modelling the stiffness of Diploneis species based on geometry of the frustule cut with focussed Ion Beam Technology. In The mathematical biology of Diatoms (p. 18). Scrivener Publishing LLC. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119751939.ch1 Cite

Cotiyane-Pondo, P., & Bornman, T. G. (2021). Environmental Heterogeneity Determines Diatom Colonisation on Artificial Substrata: Implications for Biomonitoring in Coastal Marine Waters. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.767960 Cite
Flynn, R. F., Bornman, T. G., Burger, J. M., Smith, S., Spence, K. A. M., & Fawcett, S. E. (2021). Summertime productivity and carbon export potential in the Weddell Sea, with a focus on the waters adjacent to Larsen C Ice Shelf. Biogeosciences, 18(22), 6031–6059. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-6031-2021 Cite
Fonge, B. A., Tabot, P. T., Charleine, D. S., Mambo, F. Q., & Human, L. (2021). Ecophysiological and Anthropogenic Determinants of Phytoplankton Community Structure in Streams Receiving Effluents from the Douala-Bassa Industrial Zone. Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology, 24–38. https://doi.org/10.9734/ajee/2021/v14i130195 Cite
Juby, R., Bernard, A., & Götz, A. (2021). Day/night patterns of habitat use by dogfish sharks (Squalidae) at photic and subphotic warm-temperate reefs: evidence for diel movements and size- and sex-segregation. African Journal of Marine Science, 43(3), 325–336. https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2021.1951839 Cite
Kalinski, J.-C. J., Krause, R. W. M., Parker-Nance, S., Waterworth, S. C., & Dorrington, R. A. (2021). Unlocking the Diversity of Pyrroloiminoquinones Produced by Latrunculid Sponge Species. Marine Drugs, 19(2), 68. https://doi.org/10.3390/md19020068 Cite
McCarroll, R. J., Scott, T., King, E. V., Masselink, G., Ciotti, B. J., Cloete, A., Steyn, P.-P., Britz, P., Vine, N. G., Deyzel, S. H. P., Witte, A., & Clark, R. (2021). Modelling regional and local-scale larval seeding strategies for abalone (H. midae) ranching in South Africa. Aquaculture, 540, 736668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.736668 Cite
Olisah, C., Rubidge, G., Human, L. R. D., & Adams, J. B. (2021). A translocation analysis of organophosphate pesticides between surface water, sediments and tissues of common reed Phragmites australis. Chemosphere, 284, 131380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131380 Cite
Olisah, C., Human, L. R. D., Rubidge, G., & Adams, J. B. (2021). Organophosphate pesticides sequestered in tissues of a seagrass species – Zostera capensis from a polluted watershed. Journal of Environmental Management, 300, 113657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113657 Cite
Passuni, G., Human, L., Riddick, S., Pattrick, P., Bizani, M., Deyzel, S., Strydom, N., Bornman, T., & Pichegru, L. (2021). Is the largest African penguin colony in South Africa influencing local ocean productivity? African Journal of Marine Science, 43(4), 455–469. https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2021.1987984 Cite
Pattrick, P., Weidberg, N., Goschen, W. S., Jackson, J. M., McQuaid, C. D., & Porri, F. (2021). Larval Fish Assemblage Structure at Coastal Fronts and the Influence of Environmental Variability. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.684502 Cite
Porri, F., Puccinelli, E., Weidberg, N., & Pattrick, P. (2021). Lack of match between nutrient-enriched marine seafoam and intertidal abundance of long-lived invertebrate larvae. Journal of Sea Research, 170, 102009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2021.102009 Cite
Stirnimann, L., Bornman, T. G., Verheye, H. M., Bachèlery, M.-L., van der Poel, J., & Fawcett, S. E. (2021). Plankton community composition and productivity near the Subantarctic Prince Edward Islands archipelago in autumn. Limnology and Oceanography, 66(12), 4140–4158. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11949 Cite
Vorsatz, L. D., Pattrick, P., & Porri, F. (2021). Fine-scale conditions across mangrove microhabitats and larval ontogeny contributes to the thermal physiology of early stage brachyurans (Crustacea: Decapoda). Conservation Physiology, 9(1), coab010. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coab010 Cite
Vorsatz, L. D., Pattrick, P., & Porri, F. (2021). Ecological scaling in mangroves: The role of microhabitats for the distribution of larval assemblages. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 253, 107318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107318 Cite
Waterworth, S. C., Parker-Nance, S., Kwan, J. C., & Dorrington, R. A. (2021). Comparative Genomics Provides Insight into the Function of Broad-Host Range Sponge Symbionts. MBio, 12(5), e01577-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01577-21 Cite

Coppin, R., Rautenbach, C., Ponton, T. J., & Smit, A. J. (2020). Investigating Waves and Temperature as Drivers of Kelp Morphology. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.00567 Cite
Cotiyane-Pondo, P., Bornman, T. G., Dąbek, P., Witkowski, A., & Smit, A. J. (2020). Austral winter marine epilithic diatoms: Community composition and distribution on intertidal rocky substrate around the coast of South Africa. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 242, 106837. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106837 Cite
Dalu, T., Magoro, M. L., Naidoo, L. S., Wasserman, R. J., Human, L. RD., Adams, J. B., Perissinotto, R., Deyzel, S. HP., Wooldridge, T., & Whitfield, A. K. (2020). Microphytobenthos diversity and community structure across different micro-estuaries and micro-outlets: Effects of environmental variables on community structure. Environmental Pollution, 260, 114097. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114097 Cite
Human, L., Weitz, R., Allanson, B., & Adams, J. (2020). Nutrient fluxes from sediments pose management challenges for the Knysna Estuary, South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 45(1–2), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2019.1671787 Cite
Human, L. R. D., Feijão, E., Cruz de Carvalho, R., Caçador, I., Reis-Santos, P., Fonseca, V., & Duarte, B. (2020). Mediterranean salt marsh sediment metal speciation and bioavailability changes induced by the spreading of non-indigenous Spartina patens. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 243, 106921. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106921 Cite
Jury, M. R., & Goschen, W. S. (2020). Physical ocean-atmosphere variability over the shelf of South Africa from reanalysis products. Continental Shelf Research, 202, 104135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2020.104135 Cite
Mayombo, N. A. S., Majewska, R., & Smit, A. J. (2020). An Assessment of the Influence of Host Species, Age, and Thallus Part on Kelp-Associated Diatoms. Diversity, 12(10), 385. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12100385 Cite
Nel, M. A., Rubidge, G., Adams, J. B., & Human, L. R. D. (2020). Rhizosediments of Salicornia tegetaria Indicate Metal Contamination in the Intertidal Estuary Zone. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 8. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2020.572730 Cite
Raw, J., Riddin, T., Wasserman, J., Lehman, T., Bornman, T., & Adams, J. (2020). Salt marsh elevation and responses to future sea-level rise in the Knysna Estuary, South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 45(1–2), 49–64. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2019.1662763 Cite
Rishworth, G. M., Dodd, C., Perissinotto, R., Bornman, T. G., Adams, J. B., Anderson, C. R., Cawthra, H. C., Dorrington, R. A., du Toit, H., Edworthy, C., Gibb, R.-L. A., Human, L. R. D., Isemonger, E. W., Lemley, D. A., Miranda, N. A. F., Peer, N., Raw, J. L., Smith, A. M., Steyn, P.-P., … Welman, S. (2020). Modern supratidal microbialites fed by groundwater: functional drivers, value and trajectories. Earth-Science Reviews, 210, 103364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103364 Cite
Smit, A. J., Fitchett, J. M., Engelbrecht, F. A., Scholes, R. J., Dzhivhuho, G., & Sweijd, N. A. (2020). Winter Is Coming: A Southern Hemisphere Perspective of the Environmental Drivers of SARS-CoV-2 and the Potential Seasonality of COVID-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(16), 5634. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165634 Cite
Suaria, G., Achtypi, A., Perold, V., Lee, J. R., Pierucci, A., Bornman, T. G., Aliani, S., & Ryan, P. G. (2020). Microfibers in oceanic surface waters: A global characterization. Science Advances, 6(23), eaay8493. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aay8493 Cite
Sweijd, N. A., & Smit, A. J. (2020). Trends in sea surface temperature and chlorophyll-a in the seven African Large Marine Ecosystems. Environmental Development, 36, 100585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2020.100585 Cite
Wasserman, R. J., Whitfield, A. K., Deyzel, S. H. P., James, N. C., & Hugo, S. (2020). Seagrass (Zostera capensis) bed development as a predictor of size structured abundance for a ubiquitous estuary-dependent marine fish species. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 238, 106694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106694 Cite

Lemley, D. A., Adams, J. B., Bornman, T. G., Campbell, E. E., & Deyzel, S. H. P. (2019). Land-derived inorganic nutrient loading to coastal waters and potential implications for nearshore plankton dynamics. Continental Shelf Research, 174, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2019.01.003 Cite
Magoro, M., Dalu, T., Human, L., Perissinotto, R., Deyzel, S., Wooldridge, T., Adams, J., & Whitfield, A. (2019). Characterisation of selected micro-estuaries and micro-outlets in South Africa using microalgal, zooplanktonic and macrozoobenthic assemblages. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 44(4), 313–327. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2019.1677211 Cite

Dalu, T., Magoro, M. L., Tonkin, J. D., Human, L. R. D., Perissinotto, R., Deyzel, S. H. P., Adams, J. B., & Whitfield, A. K. (2018). Assessing phytoplankton composition and structure within micro-estuaries and micro-outlets: a community analysis approach. Hydrobiologia, 818(1), 177–191. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3605-0 Cite
Dorrington, R. A., Lombard, A. T., Bornman, T. G., Adams, J. B., Cawthra, H. C., Deyzel, S. H. P., Goschen, W. S., Liu, K., Mahler-Coetzee, J., Matcher, G. F., McQuaid, C., Parker-Nance, S., Paterson, A., Perissinotto, R., Porri, F., Roberts, M., Snow, B., & Vrancken, P. (2018). Working together for our oceans: A marine spatial plan for Algoa Bay, South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 114(3/4), 6–6. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2018/a0247 Cite
Human, L. R. D., Magoro, M. L., Dalu, T., Perissinotto, R., Whitfield, A. K., Adams, J. B., Deyzel, S. H. P., & Rishworth, G. M. (2018). Natural nutrient enrichment and algal responses in near pristine micro-estuaries and micro-outlets. Science of The Total Environment, 624, 945–954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.184 Cite
Mbandzi, N., Wasserman, R. J., Deyzel, S. H. P., Vine, N. G., & Whitfield, A. K. (2018). River flow, zooplankton and dominant zooplanktivorous fish dynamics in a warm-temperate South African estuary. Journal of Fish Biology, 92(6), 1747–1767. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13617 Cite

Waterworth, S. C., Jiwaji, M., Kalinski, J.-C. J., Parker-Nance, S., & Dorrington, R. A. (2017). A Place to Call Home: An Analysis of the Bacterial Communities in Two Tethya rubra Samaai and Gibbons 2005 Populations in Algoa Bay, South Africa. Marine Drugs, 15(4), 95. https://doi.org/10.3390/md15040095 Cite