Enhancing our understanding of fish movement ecology through interdisciplinary and cross-boundary research

P Verhelst, R Brys, SJ Cooke, I Pauwels… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2023 - Springer
Animals need to move between different habitats to successfully complete their life cycle.
Anthropogenic activities and infrastructure impact animal movement, especially in the …

Fish telemetry in African inland waters and its use in management: a review

MJ Burnett, GC O'Brien, FJ Jacobs, G Jewitt… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2021 - Springer
Fish telemetry is a widely established technique in developed countries. However, in
underdeveloped regions, its use is generally lacking. We briefly present common fish …

Evaluation of six methods for external attachment of electronic tags to fish: assessment of tag retention, growth and fish welfare

BJ Runde, JA Buckel, NM Bacheler… - Journal of Fish …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
External attachment of electronic tags has been increasingly used in fish studies. Many
researchers have used ad hoc attachment methods and provided little or no validation for …

Using a drifting GPS-Argos satellite buoy as a method for detecting acoustic-tagged fish offshore in an ancient lake

MA Yoshida, K Mabuchi - Animal Biotelemetry, 2023 - Springer
Background Telemetry methods that allow low-cost, offshore tracking are required for the
effective conservation and sustainable use of migratory fish in large lakes with vast and …

Detecting changes in fish behaviour in real time to alert managers to thresholds of potential concern

MJ Burnett, V Süßle, T Saayman… - River Research and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fish behaviour is one biological organisational level regularly used to assess the state of
freshwater ecosystems and can be monitored using fish telemetry methods. The …

Assessing fish community response to water quality and habitat stressors in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

W Evans, CT Downs, MJ Burnett… - African Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The degradation of freshwater ecosystems can be attributed to stressors associated with the
increased demand for water and other aquatic resources. Freshwater ecosystems face such …

If a fish comes out of the river and speaks, we should believe it: South African perspective on fish kills

MJ Burnett, GC O'Brien, A Blackmore… - River Research and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In South Africa, fish kill events are increasing in frequency because of multiple
stressors associated with managing natural resources. Despite the ecosystem services …

Spatial ecology of freshwater eels in South Africa: implications for conservation

C Hanzen, MC Lucas, G O'Brien, P Calverley… - Hydrobiologia, 2021 - Springer
Four freshwater eel species (Anguilla spp.) occur in southern African rivers that are
increasingly anthropogenically modified. Information on movements, habitat use and …

Presence And Temporal Activities Of Serrated Hinged Terrapin (Pelusios sinuatus) And Marsh Terrapin (Pelomedusa galeata) In KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa …

C Price, MJ Burnett, G O'Brien… - Tropical Conservation …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background and Aims For the first time in Africa, two freshwater turtle species (hereafter
terrapin) presence and temporal activity in their habitats were investigated using radio …

Mathematical modeling in behavior responses: the tendency-prediction based on a persistence model on real-time data

S Li, J Jian, RK Poopal, X Chen, Y He, H Xu, H Yu… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Research on biological responses to water quality monitoring and toxicity prediction has
increased in recognition in recent years. A great deal of biological response data has been …