Egagasini Node

Scientific Publications

2023

Hawkins, S. J., Todd, P. A., Russell, B. D., Lemasson, A. J., Allcock, A. L., Byrne, M., … & Swearer, S. E. (2023). Review of the central and south atlantic shelf and deep-sea benthos: science, policy, and management. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An annual review. Volume 61, 61, 127-218.


Currie, J. C., Harris, L. R., Atkinson, L. J., Fairweather, T. P., & Sink, K. J. (2023). Mapping fine-scale demersal trawl effort for application in ecosystem assessment and spatial planning. African Journal of Marine Science, 45(3), 165-179.


Sink, K. J., Adams, L. A., Franken, M. L., Harris, L. R., Currie, J., Karenyi, N., … & Skowno, A. (2023). Iterative mapping of marine ecosystems for spatial status assessment, prioritization, and decision support. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, 1108118.


McQuaid, K. A., Bridges, A. E., Howell, K. L., Gandra, T. B., de Souza, V., Currie, J. C., … & Yool, A. (2023). Broad-scale benthic habitat classification of the South Atlantic. Progress in oceanography, 214, 103016.

2022

Landschoff, J., Griffiths, C. L., Atkinson, L. J., Sink, K. J., & Botha, T. P. (2022). Additions to the marine decapod (Crustacea: Decapoda) fauna of South Africa. Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science, 21(1), 65-76.


Morris, T., Rudnick, D., Sprintall, J., Hermes, J., Goni, G., Parks, J., … & Heslop, E. (2022). Monitoring Boundary Currents Using Ocean Observing Infrastructure.


Truter, H. J., Atkinson, L. J., von der Meden, C. E. O., Bailey, D., Goschen, W., & Lombard, A. T. (2022). Characterising epibenthic diversity and physical drivers in unconsolidated marine habitats of Algoa Bay, South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 44(1), 69-81.

2021

Lamont, T., Louw, G. S., Russo, C. S., & van den Berg, M. A. (2021). Observations of northeastward flow on a narrow shelf dominated by the Agulhas Current. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 251, 107197.

van der Heever, G. M., Atkinson, L. J., & von der Meden, C. E. O. (2021). Comparison of the particle size distributions of sediment collected from sandy seafloor using a Van Veen grab and cone dredge. African Journal of Marine Science, 43(2), 259-264.

Phillips, H. E., Tandon, A., Furue, R., Hood, R., Ummenhofer, C. C., Benthuysen, J. A., … & Wiggert, J. (2021). Progress in understanding of Indian Ocean circulation, variability, air–sea exchange, and impacts on biogeochemistry. Ocean Science, 17(6), 1677-1751.

Pearlman, J., Buttigieg, P. L., Bushnell, M., Delgado, C., Hermes, J., Heslop, E., … & Venkatesan, R. (2021). Evolving and sustaining ocean best practices to enable interoperability in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 619685.

Mazor, T., Pitcher, C. R., Rochester, W., Kaiser, M. J., Hiddink, J. G., Jennings, S., … & Hilborn, R. (2021). Trawl fishing impacts on the status of seabed fauna in diverse regions of the globe. Fish and Fisheries, 22(1), 72-86.

Fadida, Y., Malan, N., Cronin, M. F., & Hermes, J. (2021). Trends in the agulhas return current. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 175, 103573.

Rapolaki, R. S., Blamey, R. C., Hermes, J. C., & Reason, C. J. C. (2021). Moisture sources and transport during an extreme rainfall event over the Limpopo River Basin, southern Africa. Atmospheric Research, 264, 105849.

Russo, C. S., Lamont, T., & Krug, M. (2021). Spatial and temporal variability of the Agulhas Retroflection: Observations from a new objective detection method. Remote Sensing of Environment, 253, 112239.

2020

McGrath, A. M., Hermes, J. C., Moloney, C. L., Roy, C., Cambon, G., Herbette, S., & Van der Lingen, C. D. (2020). Investigating connectivity between two sardine stocks off South Africa using a high‐resolution IBM: Retention and transport success of sardine eggs. Fisheries Oceanography, 29(2), 137-151.

Fearon, G., Herbette, S., Veitch, J., Cambon, G., Lucas, A. J., Lemarié, F., & Vichi, M. (2020). Enhanced vertical mixing in coastal upwelling systems driven by diurnal‐inertial resonance: Numerical experiments. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125(9), e2020JC016208.

van der Heever, G. M., van der Lingen, C. D., Leslie, R. W., & Gibbons, M. J. (2020). Spatial and ontogenetic variability in the diet and trophic ecology of two co-occurring catsharks (Scyliorhinidae) off South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 42(4), 423-438.

Currie, J. C., Atkinson, L. J., Sink, K. J., & Attwood, C. G. (2020). Long-term change of demersal fish assemblages on the inshore Agulhas bank between 1904 and 2015. Front Mar Sci 7: 355.

McMonigal, K., Beal, L. M., Elipot, S., Gunn, K. L., Hermes, J., Morris, T., & Houk, A. (2020). The impact of meanders, deepening and broadening, and seasonality on Agulhas Current temperature variability. Journal of physical oceanography, 50(12), 3529-3544.

Rapolaki, R. S., R. C. Blamey, J. C. Hermes, and C. J. C. Reason. “Moisture sources associated with heavy rainfall over the Limpopo River Basin, southern Africa.” Climate Dynamics 55, no. 5 (2020): 1473-1487.

Flynn, R. F., Granger, J., Veitch, J. A., Siedlecki, S., Burger, J. M., Pillay, K., & Fawcett, S. E. (2020). On‐shelf nutrient trapping enhances the fertility of the southern Benguela upwelling system. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125(6), e2019JC015948.

Dilmahamod, A. F., Penven, P., Aguiar‐González, B., Reason, C. J. C., & Hermes, J. C. (2020). A Model Investigation of the Influences of the South‐East Madagascar Current on the South‐East Madagascar Bloom. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125(6), e2019JC015761.

2019

Dilmahamod, A. F., Penven, P., Aguiar‐González, B., Reason, C. J. C., & Hermes, J. C. (2019). A new definition of the South‐East Madagascar bloom and analysis of its variability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124(3), 1717-1735.

Collins, C., & Hermes, J. C. (2019). Modelling the accumulation and transport of floating marine micro-plastics around South Africa. Marine pollution bulletin, 139, 46-58.

Vermeulen, E. A., Backeberg, B., Hermes, J., & Elipot, S. (2019). Investigating the relationship between volume transport and sea surface height in a numerical ocean model. Ocean Science, 15(3), 513-526.

Veitch, J., Rautenbach, C., Hermes, J., & Reason, C. (2019). The Cape Point wave record, extreme events and the role of large-scale modes of climate variability. Journal of Marine Systems, 198, 103185.

d’Hotman, J. S., Malan, N., Collins, C., de Vos, M., Lumpkin, R., Morris, T., & Hermes, J. (2019). The use of a jet reference frame to analyze drifter trajectories in the Agulhas Current. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124(6), 4238-4247.

Currie, J. C., Sink, K. J., Attwood, C. G., Atkinson, L. J., & Engelhard, G. H. (2019). Reconstructing the past: design and function of Granton otter trawl gear at the turn of the twentieth century, as used in South Africa’s first trawl surveys (1897–1904). Maritime studies, 18, 1-16.

Currie, J. C., Thorson, J. T., Sink, K. J., Atkinson, L. J., Fairweather, T. P., & Winker, H. (2019). A novel approach to assess distribution trends from fisheries survey data. Fisheries Research, 214, 98-109.

Hermes, J. C., Masumoto, Y., Beal, L. M., Roxy, M. K., Vialard, J., Andres, M., … & Yu, W. (2019). A sustained ocean observing system in the Indian Ocean for climate related scientific knowledge and societal needs. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 355.

Bushnell, M., Waldmann, C., Seitz, S., Buckley, E., Tamburri, M., Hermes, J., … & Lara-Lopez, A. (2019). Quality assurance of oceanographic observations: Standards and guidance adopted by an international partnership. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 706.

Pfaff, M. C., Logston, R. C., Raemaekers, S. J., Hermes, J. C., Blamey, L. K., Cawthra, H. C., … & Kirkman, S. P. (2019). A synthesis of three decades of socio-ecological change in False Bay, South Africa: setting the scene for multidisciplinary research and management. Elem Sci Anth, 7, 32.

Pinardi, N., Stander, J., Legler, D. M., O’Brien, K., Boyer, T., Cuff, T., … & Xinyang, Y. (2019). The joint IOC (of UNESCO) and WMO collaborative effort for met-ocean services. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 410.

Ragoasha, N., Herbette, S., Cambon, G., Veitch, J., Reason, C., & Roy, C. (2019). Lagrangian pathways in the southern Benguela upwelling system. Journal of Marine Systems, 195, 50-66.

Malan, N., Durgadoo, J. V., Biastoch, A., Reason, C., & Hermes, J. (2019). Multidecadal wind variability drives temperature shifts on the Agulhas Bank. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124(5), 3021-3035.

Rapolaki, R. S., Blamey, R. C., Hermes, J. C., & Reason, C. J. (2019). A classification of synoptic weather patterns linked to extreme rainfall over the Limpopo River Basin in southern Africa. Climate Dynamics, 53, 2265-2279.

Morris, T., Aguiar‐González, B., Ansorge, I., & Hermes, J. (2019). Lagrangian evolution of two Madagascar cyclonic eddies: geometric properties, vertical structure, and fluxes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124(11), 8193-8218.

2018

Frölicher, T. L., & Laufkötter, C. (2018). Emerging risks from marine heat waves. Nature communications, 9(1), 650.