[PDF][PDF] A review of current knowledge, risk and ecological impacts associated with non-native freshwater fish introductions in South Africa.

BR Ellender, OLF Weyl - Aquatic Invasions, 2014 - aquaticinvasions.net
The introduction and spread of non-native species is one of the least reversible human-
induced global changes. In South Africa, non-native fish introductions have occurred over …

The southern African inland fish tracking programme (FISHTRAC): An evaluation of the approach for monitoring ecological consequences of multiple water resource …

MJ Burnett, GC O'Brien, FJ Jacobs, F Botha, G Jewitt… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fishes are indicators of aquatic ecosystem wellbeing globally and used when
understanding impacts from water resources. The behavioural ecology of fishes as a Line of …

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 …

Cognitive evidence of fish sentience

J Balcombe - Animal Sentience, 2016 - wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org
I present a little-known example of flexible, opportunistic behavior by a species of fish to
undermine Key's (2016) thesis that fish are unconscious and unable to feel. Lack of a cortex …

First observation of African tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus predating on barn swallows Hirundo rustica in flight

GC O'Brien, F Jacobs, SW Evans… - Journal of fish …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A population of African tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus from the Schroda Dam, actively prey on
barn swallows Hirundo rustica in flight. This behaviour was discovered during a radio …

Assessing the effect of tagging and the vulnerability to predation in tigerfish (Hydrocynus viattus, Castelnau 1861) in a water-stressed system using telemetry methods

B Sonamzi, M Burnett, R Petersen… - … African Protected Area …, 2020 - journals.co.za
Increase in anthropogenic pressures on freshwater ecosystems, globally and locally in
South Africa, has made it difficult to meet environmental flow requirements and maintain …

[PDF][PDF] The conservation ecology of the African tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus in the Kavango River, Namibia.

FJ Jacobs - 2017 - core.ac.uk
The primary objective of this thesis was to investigating African tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus
to assess if freshwater protected areas could be a suitable conservation and management …

Habitat preferences and movement of adult yellowfishes in the Vaal River, South Africa

GC O'Brien, F Jacobs, V Wepener, NJ Smit… - South African Journal of …, 2013 - journals.co.za
The yellowfishes of the Vaal River (Labeobarbus kimberleyensis and L. aeneus) are
charismatic, socially and economically important fishes, but very little is known about their …

Movement response of Orange-Vaal largemouth yellowfish (Labeobarbus kimberleyensis) to water quality and habitat features in the Vaal River, South Africa

T Ramesh, CT Downs, GC O'Brien - Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2018 - Springer
Many threatened fish species that utilize riverine habitats are faced with habitat degradation
and subsequent deterioration in their ecological surroundings. Habitat degradation is a …

Implications of the movement behaviour of African tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus for the design of freshwater protected areas

FJ Jacobs, TF Næsje, EM Ulvan, OLF Weyl… - Journal of fish …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
African tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus (n= 35) were tagged with external radio‐transmitters in
the Kavango River, Namibia, to determine whether freshwater protected areas could be an …