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List of works by George M. Branch

A Guide to, and Checklist for, the Decapoda of Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique

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A critically endangered estuarine limpet’s only two populations are genomically and morphologically distinct

scientific article published in 2023

A novel approach to explicitly model the spatiotemporal impacts of structural complexity created by alien ecosystem engineers in a marine benthic environment

scientific article published in 2021

Are closed fishing seasons an effective means of increasing reproductive output?

Blender interstitial volume: A novel virtual measurement of structural complexity applicable to marine benthic habitats

scientific article published on 23 July 2019

Can we predict the effects of alien species? A case-history of the invasion of South Africa by Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck)

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Changes in habitat complexity resulting from sequential invasions of a rocky shore: implications for community structure

article published in 2015

Competition and facilitation between the alien mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis and indigenous species: Moderation by wave action

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Complex effects of the gastropod Assiminea globulus on benthic community structure in a marine-dominated lagoon

scientific article published in 2009

Conclusions: An Ecosystem Perspective of Shallow Marine Reefs

scholarly article published 1 February 2008

Conserving marine biodiversity on the African coast: Implications of a terrestrial perspective

scientific article published in 1994

Delivery of marine larvae to shore requires multiple sequential transport mechanisms

scientific article published on May 2015

Ecosystem engineers: Interactions between eelgrass Zostera capensis and the sandprawn Callianassa kraussi and their indirect effects on the mudprawn Upogebia africana

scientific article published on 20 July 2006

Effects of experimental harvesting on recruitment of an alien mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis

scientific article published in 2007

Effects of sediment on the energy budgets of four scleractinian (Bourne 1900) and five alcyonacean (Lamouroux 1816) corals

article published in 1995

Estuarine vulnerability and ecological impacts

scientific article published in 1999

Experimental harvesting of Mytilus galloprovincialis: Can an alien mussel support a small-scale fishery?

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Gradients of intertidal primary productivity around the coast of South Africa and their relationships with consumer biomass

scientific article

Habitat diversity relative to wave action on rocky shores: implications for the selection of marine protected areas

scientific article published in 2009

Influences of biological interactions on community structure within seagrass beds and sandprawn-dominated sandflats

scientific article published on 27 August 2006

Interactive effects of pH and temperature on native and alien mussels from the west coast of South Africa

scientific article published in 2020

Marine biology: Function, biodiversity, ecology

scientific article published in 1997

Mechanisms and consequences of competition between an alien mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis, and an indigenous limpet, Scutellastra argenvillei

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Modeling a Regime Shift in a Kelp Forest Ecosystem Caused by a Lobster Range Expansion

scientific article published in 2013

Modelling changes in trophic and structural impacts of alien ecosystem engineers on a rocky-shore island

scientific article published on 06 August 2020

Origin and genetic diversity of the invasive mussel Semimytilus algosus in South Africa, relative to source populations in Chile and Namibia

scientific article published on 02 April 2020

Patterns of mussel recruitment in southern Africa: a caution about using artificial substrata to approximate natural recruitment

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Regime shift of a kelp-forest benthic community induced by an ‘invasion’ of the rock lobster Jasus lalandii

scientific article published in 2012

Resilience and elasticity of intertidal communities in response to harvesting of the alien mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis

scientific article published in 2008

Rocky intertidal shores: prognosis for the future

Spatial and temporal variability in recruitment of intertidal mussels around the coast of southern Africa

journal article; published in African Zoology in 1998

Stalked jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Staurozoa) of South Africa, with the description of Calvadosia lewisi sp. nov.

scientific article (publication date: 3 February 2017)

The ecology of coastal wetland ponds created by diamond mining in southern Namibia. 2. Saltmarsh vegetation

scientific article published on 31 March 2022

The effect of bait collectors on stocks of Callichirus kraussi and Upogebia species in Langebaan Lagoon

journal article; published in African Zoology in 2014

The influence of bioturbation by the sandprawn Callianassa kraussi on feeding and survival of the bivalve Eumarcia paupercula and the gastropod Nassarius kraussianus

scientific article published in 2007

The porcelain crab Porcellana africana Chace, 1956 (Decapoda: Porcellanidae) introduced into Saldanha Bay, South Africa

scientific article published on 19 May 2018

Using empirical and simulation approaches to quantify merits of rival measures of structural complexity in marine habitats

scientific article published on 04 April 2019