Egagasini Node

Scientific Publications

Bernard, A., Juby, R., Haupt, T., von der Meden, C., Snyders, L., & van der Heever, G. (2021). Video demonstrating how to set-up, deploy and operate a Baited Remote Underwater Video System.[Training Video]. Cite
Haupt, T., Snyders, L., van der Heever, G., & Bernard, A. (2021). Video demonstrating how to set-up, deploy and operate a shallow-water drop camera system.[Training video]. Cite
Phillips, H. E., Tandon, A., Furue, R., Hood, R., Ummenhofer, C., Benthuysen, J., Menezes, V., Hu, S., Webber, B., Sanchez-Franks, A., Cherian, D., Shroyer, E., Feng, M., Wijeskera, H., Chatterjee, A., Yu, L., Hermes, J., Murtugudde, R., Tozuka, T., … Wiggert, J. (2021). Progress in understanding of Indian Ocean circulation, variability, air-sea exchange and impacts on biogeochemistry [Preprint]. Surface/In situ Observations/Deep Seas: Indian Ocean/“Modes of variability” e.g. ENSO/Oceans and climate. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-2021-1 Cite
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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105849 Cite
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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.112239 Cite
Snyders, L., van der Heever, G., Haupt, T., & Bernard, A. (2021). Video demonstrating how to set-up, deploy and operate a Ski-Monkey III towed benthic camera system.[Training Video]. Cite
South African Weather Service, Morris, T., Rudnick, D., Sprintall, J., Hermes, J., Goni, G., Parks, J., Bringas, F., & Heslop, E. (2021). Monitoring Boundary Currents Using Ocean Observing Infrastructure. Oceanography, 16–17. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.supplement.02-07 Cite
van der Heever, G., Atkinson, L., & von der Meden, C. (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, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2021.1902855 Cite

Currie, J. C., Atkinson, L. J., & Attwood, C. (2020). Long-Term Change of Demersal Fish Assemblages on the Inshore Agulhas Bank Between 1904 and 2015. Cite
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). https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015761 Cite
Fearon, G., Herbette, S., Veitch, J., Cambon, G., Lucas, A., Lemarié, F., & Vichi, M. (2020). Enhanced vertical mixing in coastal upwelling systems driven by diurnal-inertial resonance: numerical experiments. Cite
Flynn, R., Granger, J., Veitch, J., Siedlecki, S., Burger, J., Pillay, K., & Fawcett, S. (2020). On‐shelf nutrient trapping enhances the fertility of the southern Benguela upwelling system. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125(6), e2019JC015948. Cite
Le Gouvello, D. Z., Hart-Davis, M. G., Backeberg, B. C., & Nel, R. (2020). Effects of swimming behaviour and oceanography on sea turtle hatchling dispersal at the intersection of two ocean current systems. Ecological Modelling, 431, 109130. Cite
Mawren, D., Hermes, J., & Reason, C. (2020). Exceptional Tropical Cyclone Kenneth in the Far Northern Mozambique Channel and Ocean Eddy Influences. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(16), e2020GL088715. Cite
Mazor, T., Pitcher, C. R., Rochester, W., Kaiser, M. J., Hiddink, J. G., Jennings, S., Amoroso, R., McConnaughey, R. A., Rijnsdorp, A. D., Parma, A. M., Suuronen, P., Collie, J., Sciberras, M., Atkinson, L., Durholtz, D., Ellis, J. R., Bolam, S. G., Schratzberger, M., Couce, E., … Hilborn, R. (2020). Trawl fishing impacts on the status of seabed fauna in diverse regions of the globe. Fish and Fisheries, faf.12506. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12506 Cite
McGrath, A. M., Hermes, J. C., Moloney, C. L., Roy, C., Cambon, G., Herbette, S., & 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. https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12460 Cite
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. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0018.1 Cite
Obura, D. O. (2020). Getting to 2030 – Scaling effort to ambition through a narrative model of the SDGs. Marine Policy, 117, 103973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.103973 Cite
Rapolaki, R. S., Blamey, R. C., Hermes, J. C., & Reason, C. J. C. (2020). Moisture sources associated with heavy rainfall over the Limpopo River Basin, southern Africa. Climate Dynamics, 55(5–6), 1473–1487. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-020-05336-w Cite
van der Heever, G., van der Lingen, C., Leslie, R., & Gibbons, M. (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. https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2020.1835713 Cite

Bushnell, M., Waldmann, C., Seitz, S., Buckley, E., Tamburri, M., Hermes, J., Henslop, E., & Lara-Lopez, A. (2019). Quality Assurance of Oceanographic Observations: Standards and Guidance Adopted by an International Partnership. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 706. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00706 Cite
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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.12.028 Cite
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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2019.02.004 Cite
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), 1–16. Cite
d’Hotman, J. S., Malan, N., Collins, C., 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. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014850 Cite
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. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014582 Cite
Hermes, J. C., Masumoto, Y., Beal, L. M., Roxy, M. K., Vialard, J., Andres, M., Annamalai, H., Behera, S., D’Adamo, N., Doi, T., Feng, M., Han, W., Hardman-Mountford, N., Hendon, H., Hood, R., Kido, S., Lee, C., Lee, T., Lengaigne, 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. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00355 Cite
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. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014614 Cite
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. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015090 Cite
Pearlman, J., Bushnell, M., Coppola, L., Karstensen, J., Buttigieg, P. L., Pearlman, F., Simpson, P., Barbier, M., Muller-Karger, F. E., Munoz-Mas, C., Pissierssens, P., Chandler, C., Hermes, J., Heslop, E., Jenkyns, R., Achterberg, E. P., Bensi, M., Bittig, H. C., Blandin, J., … Whoriskey, F. (2019). Evolving and Sustaining Ocean Best Practices and Standards for the Next Decade. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 277. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00277 Cite
Pfaff, M. C., Logston, R. C., Raemaekers, S. J. P. N., Hermes, J. C., Blamey, L. K., Cawthra, H. C., Colenbrander, D. R., Crawford, R. J. M., Day, E., du Plessis, N., Elwen, S. H., Fawcett, S. E., Jury, M. R., Karenyi, N., Kerwath, S. E., Kock, A. A., Krug, M., Lamberth, S. J., Omardien, A., … 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. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 7, 32. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.367 Cite
Pinardi, N., Stander, J., Legler, D. M., O’Brien, K., Boyer, T., Cuff, T., Bahurel, P., Belbeoch, M., Belov, S., Brunner, S., Burger, E., Carval, T., Chang-Seng, D., Charpentier, E., Ciliberti, S., Coppini, G., Fischer, A., Freeman, E., Gallage, C., … Xinyang, Y. (2019). The Joint IOC (of UNESCO) and WMO Collaborative Effort for Met-Ocean Services. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 410. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00410 Cite
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. Cite
Rapolaki, R. S., Blamey, R. C., Hermes, J. C., & Reason, C. J. C. (2019). A classification of synoptic weather patterns linked to extreme rainfall over the Limpopo River Basin in southern Africa. Climate Dynamics, 53(3–4), 2265–2279. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04829-7 Cite
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. Cite
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. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-513-2019 Cite

Atkinson, L. J., & Sink, K. J. (2018). Field guide to the offshore marine invertebrates of South Africa. Cite
Bushnell, M., Buttigieg, P. L., Hermes, J., Heslop, E., Karstensen, J., Muller-Karger, F., Mas, C. M., Pearlman, F., Pearlman, J., & Simpson, P. (2018). Sharing Best Practices Among Operators and Users of Oceanographic Data: Challenge, Status, and Plans of the Ocean Best Practices Project. Marine Technology Society Journal, 52(3), 8–12. https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.52.3.11 Cite
Dilmahamod, A. F., Aguiar‐González, B., Penven, P., Reason, C. J. C., De Ruijter, W. P. M., Malan, N., & Hermes, J. C. (2018). SIDDIES Corridor: A Major East‐West Pathway of Long‐Lived Surface and Subsurface Eddies Crossing the Subtropical South Indian Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123(8), 5406–5425. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC013828 Cite
du Plessis, N., Hermes, J., Bohler-Muller, N., Du Toit, T., Hachigonta, S., Maanda, F., Modiba, S., Motepe, M., Mphogo, K., Papo, T. R., Penney, J., Rees, G., Siko, G., & Masoka, C. (2018). The proposed institutional reform of the Indian Ocean Rim Academic Group. Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, 14(2), 230–236. https://doi.org/10.1080/19480881.2018.1476119 Cite
Hermes, J., Pearlman, J., & Buttigieg, P. (2018). What’s the Best Way to Responsibly Collect Ocean Data? Eos, 99. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EO096533 Cite
Hutchinson, K., Beal, L. M., Penven, P., Ansorge, I., & Hermes, J. (2018). Seasonal Phasing of Agulhas Current Transport Tied to a Baroclinic Adjustment of Near‐Field Winds. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123(10), 7067–7083. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014319 Cite
Malan, N., Backeberg, B., Biastoch, A., Durgadoo, J. V., Samuelsen, A., Reason, C., & Hermes, J. (2018). Agulhas Current Meanders Facilitate Shelf‐Slope Exchange on the Eastern Agulhas Bank. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123(7), 4762–4778. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JC013602 Cite
Singh, S. P., Groeneveld, J. C., Hart‐Davis, M. G., Backeberg, B. C., & Willows‐Munro, S. (2018). Seascape genetics of the spiny lobster Panulirus homarus in the Western Indian Ocean: Understanding how oceanographic features shape the genetic structure of species with high larval dispersal potential. Ecology and Evolution, 8(23), 12221–12237. Cite
Veitch, J., Hermes, J., Lamont, T., Penven, P., & Dufois, F. (2018). Shelf-edge jet currents in the southern Benguela: A modelling approach. Journal of Marine Systems, 188, 27–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2017.09.003 Cite
Attri, V. N., & Bohler-Muller, N. (Eds.). (2018). The Blue Economy Handbook of the Indian Ocean Region. Africa Institute of South Africa; JSTOR. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvgc60f0 Cite

Haley, C., von der Meden, C., Atkinson, L., & Reed, C. (2017). Habitat associations and distribution of the hyperbenthic shrimp, Nauticaris marionis, around the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 127, 41–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.07.005 Cite
Holton, L., Deshayes, J., Backeberg, B. C., Loveday, B. R., Hermes, J. C., & Reason, C. J. C. (2017). Spatio-temporal characteristics of Agulhas leakage: a model inter-comparison study. Climate Dynamics, 48(7–8), 2107–2121. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-016-3193-5 Cite
Morris, T., Hermes, J., Beal, L., du Plessis, M., Duncombe Rae, C., Gulekana, M., Lamont, T., Speich, S., Roberts, M., & Ansorge, I. J. (2017). The importance of monitoring the Greater Agulhas Current and its inter-ocean exchanges using large mooring arrays. South African Journal of Science, 113(7/8). https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2017/20160330 Cite
von der Meden, C. E. O., Atkinson, L. J., Branch, G. M., Asdar, S., Ansorge, I. J., & van den Berg, M. (2017). Long-term change in epibenthic assemblages at the Prince Edward Islands: a comparison between 1988 and 2013. Polar Biology, 40(11), 2171–2185. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-017-2132-1 Cite

Ansorge, I. J., Department of Oceanography, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Brundrit, G., Department of Oceanography, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Brundrit, J., Department of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Dorrington, R. A., Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, Fawcett, S., Department of Oceanography, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Gammon, D. W., Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Henry, T., Department of Oceanography, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Hermes, J., South African Environmental Observation Network, Phalaborwa, South Africa, Hölscher, B., South African Environmental Observation Network, Phalaborwa, South Africa, d’Hotman, J., … Oceans and Coasts Division, Department of Environmental Affairs, Roggebaai, South Africa. (2016). SEAmester – South Africa’s first class afloat. South African Journal of Science, Volume 112(Number 9/10). https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2016/a0171 Cite
Collins, C., Hermes, J. C., Roman, R. E., & Reason, C. J. C. (2016). First dedicated hydrographic survey of the Comoros Basin: HYDROGRAPHY OF THE COMOROS BASIN. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121(2), 1291–1305. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JC011418 Cite
Dilmahamod, A. F., Hermes, J. C., & Reason, C. J. C. (2016). Chlorophyll-a variability in the Seychelles–Chagos Thermocline Ridge: Analysis of a coupled biophysical model. Journal of Marine Systems, 154, 220–232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2015.10.011 Cite

Kirkman, S. P., Yemane, D., Atkinson, L. J., Kathena, J., Nsiangango, S. E., Singh, L., Axelsen, B. E., & Samaai, T. (2015). Regime shifts in demersal assemblages of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem: a comparative assessment. Fisheries Oceanography, 24, 15–30. https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12053 Cite

Collins, C., Hermes, J. C., & Reason, C. J. C. (2014). Mesoscale activity in the Comoros Basin from satellite altimetry and a high-resolution ocean circulation model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119(8), 4745–4760. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JC010008 Cite

Field, J. G., Attwood, C. G., Jarre, A., Sink, K., Atkinson, L. J., & Petersen, S. (2013). Cooperation between scientists, NGOs and industry in support of sustainable fisheries: the South African hake Merluccius spp. trawl fishery experience a: south african merluccius spp. fishery cooperation. Journal of Fish Biology, n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12118 Cite

Atkinson, L. J., Jarre, A., Shannon, L. J., & Field, J. G. (2012). Evidence for Shifts in Demersal Fish Populations on the West Coast of South Africa: 1986 to 2009. In G. H. Kruse, H. I. Browman, K. L. Cochrane, D. Evans, G. S. Jamieson, P. A. Livingston, & D. Woodby, Global Progress in Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management (pp. 45–64). Alaska Sea Grant, University of Alaska Fairbanks. http://seagrant.uaf.edu/bookstore/pubs/AK-SG-12-01.html Cite
Collins, C., Reason, C. J. C., & Hermes, J. C. (2012). Scatterometer and reanalysis wind products over the western tropical Indian Ocean: WINDS OVER THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 117(C3), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007531 Cite