All Stories

  1. Assessing instream structures to evaluate river connectivity of urban streams in the city of Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Article • African Journal of Aquatic Science, March 2026, Informa UK Limited

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  2. A fragmented fish community: evaluation of the present distribution and drivers of fish communities in the lower uThukela River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Article • Environmental Biology of Fishes, March 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  3. Using Natural History Collections to Determine the Relative Changes in Diversity and Distribution of Freshwater Molluscs in KwaZulu ‐Natal, South Africa

    Article • African Journal of Ecology, February 2026, Wiley

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  4. Fisher Perceptions and Management Challenges in KwaZulu‐Natal's Inland Water Bodies

    Article • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, February 2026, Wiley

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  5. Assessment of the ecological integrity and fish community structures of the uMngeni River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Article • African Journal of Aquatic Science, November 2025, Informa UK Limited

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  6. Life‐stage and environmental influences on the recruitment of African freshwater eels into the uThukela River, South Africa

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, September 2025, Wiley

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  7. Influence of habitat structures on fish abundances and diversity: comparing mainstream and tributary communities in the urban uMsunduze Catchment, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Article • Urban Ecosystems, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  8. Genetic diversity and population dynamics of wild Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) in South Africa

    Article • Global Ecology and Conservation, October 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  9. Breeding Biology of a Globally Significant Population of African Openbills (Anastomus lamelligerus) in Zambia

    Article • Waterbirds, September 2024, Waterbird Society

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

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

    Article • River Research and Applications, August 2024, Wiley

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  11. Potential for a commercial inland fishery or just another water storage facility at Spring Grove Dam, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa?

    Article • African Journal of Aquatic Science, June 2024, Informa UK Limited

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  12. New waterbird breeding records in Western Province, Zambia

    Article • Ostrich, February 2024, Informa UK Limited

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  13. Automated Bioacoustic Monitoring for South African Bird Species on Unlabeled Data

    Article • January 2024, University of West Bohemia

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  14. Integrating a “One Well-being” approach in elephant conservation: evaluating consequences of management interventions

    Article • Ecology and Society, January 2024, Resilience Alliance, Inc.

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  15. The migration of aquatic macrocrustaceans over an artificial barrier in the uThukela river, South Africa

    Article • African Journal of Ecology, November 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

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

    Article • River Research and Applications, September 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  17. The lesser of two evils: the role of an instream barrier to control the distribution and invasive potential of non-native fish species in the Mooi River, South Africa

    Article • Marine & Freshwater Research, August 2023, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  18. Goals, challenges, and next steps in transdisciplinary fisheries research: perspectives and experiences from early-career researchers

    Article • Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  19. Presence And Temporal Activities Of Serrated Hinged Terrapin (Pelusios sinuatus) And Marsh Terrapin (Pelomedusa galeata) In KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Assessed Using Telemetry

    Article • Tropical Conservation Science, January 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  20. Temporal movement of free-swimming fishes and their response to environmental variables in some of the rivers of Kruger National Park, South Africa

    Article • Environmental Biology of Fishes, December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

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

    Article • African Journal of Aquatic Science, September 2021, Informa UK Limited

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  22. Temporal and spatial ecology of an iconic Labeobarbus spp. in a socio-economically important river

    Article • Environmental Biology of Fishes, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  23. Review of all fish telemetry studies in African Inland waters

    Article • Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  24. Assessing the effect of tagging and the vulnerability to predation in tigerfish

    Article • Koedoe, December 2020, AOSIS Open Journals

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  25. Tracking fish to manage freshwater ecosystem in Africa

    Article • Ecological Indicators, April 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  26. River connectivity and fish migration considerations in the management of multiple stressors in South Africa

    Article • Marine & Freshwater Research, January 2019, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr. Matthew Burnett

  27. Do Yellowfish migrate and how do they respond to flow

    Article • African Journal of Aquatic Science, November 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Victor Wepener, Dr. Matthew Burnett