OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of African Journal of Marine Science is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Evaluating the evidence for ecological effectiveness of South Africa’s marine protected areas	28
Social and economic effects of marine protected areas in South Africa, with recommendations for future assessments	17
Fear at the top: killer whale predation drives white shark absence at South Africa’s largest aggregation site	13
Application of a general methodology to understand vulnerability and adaptability of the fisheries for small pelagic species in the Benguela countries: Angola, Namibia and South Africa	13
Metabarcoding of marine zooplankton in South Africa	10
Microplastics pollution in the sediments of creeks and estuaries of Kenya, western Indian Ocean	10
South African marine citizen science – benefits, challenges and future directions	10
Revisiting ‘A monograph on the Polychaeta of southern Africa’: establishing taxonomic research priorities in southern Africa	9
Presence of microplastics in benthic macroinvertebrates along the Kenyan coast	9
When the flathead mullet left St Lucia	9
Movement patterns and growth rate of the whitespotted wedgefish Rhynchobatus djiddensis in southern Africa based on tag-recapture data	8
Trends in shore-based angling effort determined from aerial surveys: a case study from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	7
Editorial overview: recommendations for the promotion of a resilient linefishery in the Anthropocene	7
Age estimates of chokka squidLoligo reynaudiioff South Africa and their use to test the effectiveness of a closed season for conserving this resource	6
Colonisation of South African kelp-bed canopies by the alien mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis: extent and implications of a novel bioinvasion	6
Physiological stress response and recovery of an important estuarine fishery species, dusky kob Argyrosomus japonicus, after a simulated catch-and-release event	6
Evaluating Kenya’s coastal gillnet fishery: trade-offs in recommended mesh-size regulations	6
Accounting for linefish dependency in management of the South African small pelagic fishery	6
Time-course of the physiological-stress response in bronze breamPachymetopon grandefollowing a simulated catch-and-release angling event	5
The effect of fishmeal replacement with terrestrial protein sources on growth, body condition and intestinal microbiota of juvenile dusky kob Argyrosomus japonicus	5
Bull shark Carcharhinus leucas recruitment into the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa, after prolonged mouth closure, and the first observation of a neonate bull shark preyed on by a Nile crocodil	5
Extending biodiversity conservation with functional and evolutionary diversity: a case study of South African sparid fishes	5
The influence of estuary eutrophication on the benthic diatom community: a molecular approach	5
Wave setup at Tristan da Cunha	4
Distribution patterns of intertidal oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from South African shores and their relationship to temperature	4

Application of DNA mini-barcoding reveals illegal trade in endangered shark products in southern Africa	4
Spatial and ontogenetic variability in the diet and trophic ecology of two co-occurring catsharks (Scyliorhinidae) off South Africa	4
Dropping plates to pick up aliens: towards a standardised approach for monitoring alien fouling species	4
Heavy metal profiles in limpets and algae on the Eastern Cape coast of South Africa	4
Movements and growth rates of the broadnose sevengill shark Notorynchus cepedianus in southern Africa: results from a long-term cooperative tagging programme	4
Quantifying the impacts of abrasion and bacterial transfer when fish are exposed to sand during a catch-and-release event	4
Status of a decennial marine invasion by the bisexual mussel Semimytilus algosus (Gould, 1850) in South Africa	4
Characterising the seasonal cycle of wind forcing, surface circulation and temperature around the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands	4
Life-history trade-offs among four sympatric seabreams	4
Ecosystem service values of sediment generation and entrapment by marginal coral reefs at Sodwana Bay, South Africa	4
Composition, structure and diversity of fish assemblages across seascape types at Príncipe, an understudied tropical island in the Gulf of Guinea (eastern Atlantic Ocean)	4
Sustainable shellfish aquaculture in Saldanha Bay, South Africa	3
Mobilisation and dynamics of energy reserves in different tissues of Donax trunculus (Bivalvia: Donacidae) in the Gulf of Tunis (eastern Mediterranean Sea, Tunisia)	3
Large-scale movements and site fidelity of two bull sharksCarcharhinus leucasestimated from a double-tagging experiment at Réunion Island (southwest Indian Ocean)	3
Abundance and distribution of Antarctic blue whalesBalaenoptera musculus intermediaoff the Queen Maud Land coast of Antarctica	3
Beta diversity of pelagic assemblages at fish aggregating devices in the open ocean	3
Monitoring the effects of spatial protection on the reef fish communities of the Pondoland Marine Protected Area, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa	3
An indicator-based approach for cross-realm coastal biodiversity assessments	3
Potential impact of marine heatwaves on selected phytoplankton adapted to the Gulf of Guinea during stable hydrographic periods	3
Spatial variation of nutrients and primary productivity in the Rufiji Delta mangroves, Tanzania	3
A decade of surf-zone linefish monitoring in the Dwesa-Cwebe Marine Protected Area, with a preliminary assessment of the effects of rezoning and resource use	3
Effects of nest management methods on hatching success and predation rates of hawksbill turtles on Cousine Island, Seychelles	3
The road towards effective governance and management of marine protected areas in South Africa: evolving policies, paradigms and processes	3
Movement patterns and catch trends of the diamond ray Gymnura natalensis (Dasyatidae) in South African waters	3
The ecology of coastal wetland ponds created by diamond mining in southern Namibia. 2. Saltmarsh vegetation	3
Diet of albacoreThunnus alalungafrom the waters of Mauritius (western Indian Ocean) inferred from stomach contents and fatty acid analysis	3
Towed passive acoustic monitoring complements visual survey methods for Heaviside’s dolphinsCephalorhynchus heavisidiiin the Namibian Islands Marine Protected Area	2
The ecology of coastal wetland ponds created by diamond mining in southern Namibia. 1. Physical conditions	2
Spawning observations of Pomadasys commersonnii in the marine section of the Knysna estuarine bay, Western Cape, South Africa	2
Sponges as simple biomonitoring tools for trace element pollution in marine environments: insights from a Kenyan study focused on the leaf sponge Phyllospongia foliascens	2
The effects of eucalyptus Eucalyptus globulus and oregano Origanum vulgare essential oils on anaesthesia response in a Namibian marine species, silver kob Argyrosomus inodorus	2
Latitudinal changes in siphonophore assemblages across the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean	2
Zoogeography of marine Bryozoa around South Africa	2
Intercolony health evaluation of wild African penguinsSpheniscus demersus, in relation to parasites, along the southwest coast of South Africa	2
Long-term variation in the breeding diets of macaroni and eastern rockhopper penguins at Marion Island (1994–2018)	2
Distribution and community structure of at-risk and Data Deficient elasmobranchs in Zavora Bay, Mozambique	2
Are South African linefishes recovering and what makes them prone to overexploitation?	2
Reproductive biology of the blue swimming crabPortunus segnis(Forskål, 1775) (Brachyura: Portunidae) in the Gulf of Gabes (southeastern Tunisia, central Mediterranean Sea)	2
All washed up: spatial and temporal variation in the wash-up and fate of chondrichthyan egg cases along a section of the Garden Route, South Africa	2
Demersal fish communities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, indicate partial congruence with proposed conservation biozones	2
Temporal and spatial variation of the molluscan community structure in Oualidia Lagoon, Moroccan Atlantic coast	2
‘Flash Mobula’: first observations of courtship behaviour of the shortfin devil ray Mobula kuhlii	2
Common dolphinDelphinus delphisoccurrence off the Wild Coast of South Africa	2