South African Association for Marine Biological Research

Recent papers from South African Association for Marine Biological Research

1. Diversity assessment of Western Indian Ocean whiprays (Himantura spp.) through a molecular species delimitation approachMarine Biodiversity · 2026
2. Habitat Use, Residency, and Connectivity of Bull Sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) in the Bazaruto Seascape, MozambiqueFishes · 2026
3. Coastal movements of a Critically Endangered wedgefish species and the importance of transboundary conservationCanadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences · 2026
4. Pressures on coastal biodiversity in South Africa: a cross-realm reviewAfrican Journal of Marine Science · 2026
5. Molecular taxonomy of the guitarfish genus Acroteriobatus (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae)Marine Biodiversity · 2026
6. Only One Percent of Important Shark and Ray Areas in the Western Indian Ocean Are Fully Protected From Fishing PressureEcology and Evolution · 2026
7. MetaZooGene Intercalibration Experiment ( MZG ‐ ICE ): Metabarcoding Marine Zooplankton Diversity of the Global OceanMolecular Ecology Resources · 2025
8. Does fishery management for groupers (Teleostei: Epinephelidae) protect them effectively? Context from the IUCN's Red list of threatened speciesOcean & Coastal Management · 2025
9. Assessment of the movement behaviour of dusky kob Argyrosomus japonicus along the coast of South Africa using 39 years of tag-recapture data from a voluntary tagging projectAfrican Journal of Marine Science · 2025
10. Catch trends and population status of the leopard whipray Himantura leoparda (family Dasyatidae) off the east coast of South AfricaAfrican Journal of Marine Science · 2025
11. The design and testing of taxon-specific mini-barcode markers for metabarcoding of marine zooplanktonMetabarcoding and Metagenomics · 2025
12. Molecular taxonomy of guitarfishes (Rhinobatidae: Acroteriobatus)2025
13. Distribution and movement patterns of white musselcracker Sparodon durbanensis , a South African endemic seabreamAfrican Journal of Marine Science · 2025
14. Biological invasions: a global assessment of geographic distributions, long-term trends, and data gaps.2025
15. Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targetsScience · 2025
16. Movement patterns of grey grunter Pomadasys furcatus (Pisces: Haemulidae) in the iSimangaliso Marine Protected Area, South AfricaAfrican Zoology · 2025
17. Breaking barriers: Transoceanic movement by a bull sharkEcology · 2025
18. A decade of implementing the Biodiversity management plan for African penguins – successes, failures and lessons learntJournal for Nature Conservation · 2025
19. Conserving cross-realm coastal biodiversity when real-world planning and implementation processes split the land and seaOcean & Coastal Management · 2025
20. The costs and healing rates of minor injuries in neonatal reef sharksJournal of Fish Biology · 2025