"Most of the ocean has never been seen by anybody, let alone explored...Even in the same place, every day is different, every minute of every day. It's a constantly dynamic system"- Sylvia Earle
Articles and Conference contributions
Published papers
Manuscripts in review
- Ma, Kevin C.K., Redelinghuys, S., Gusha, Molline N. C., Dyantyi, S., McQuaid, Christopher D., and Porri, F. (2021) Intertidal estimates of sea urchin abundance reveal congruence in spatial structure for a guild of consumers. Ecology and Evolution. [DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7958].
- Ma Kevin C. K., Gusha Molline N. C., Zardi Gerardo I., Nicastro Katy R., Monsinjon Jonathan R., and McQuaid Christopher D. (2021). Biogeographic drivers of distribution and abundance in an alien ecosystem engineer: Transboundary range expansion, barriers to spread, and spatial structure. Journal of Biogeography. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jbi.14124 [2021;00:1-19].
- Gusha Molline N. C., Dalu Tatenda and McQuaid, Christopher D. (2021). Interaction between small scale habitat properties and short-term temporal conditions on food web dynamics of a warm temperate intertidal rock pool ecosystem. Hydrobiologia. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10750-021-04535-8
- Gusha Molline N. C, Dalu, Tatenda , Wasserman, Ryan J., and McQuaid, Christopher D. (2019). Zooplankton grazing pressure is insufficient for primary producer control under elevated warming and nutrient levels. Science of The Total Environment 651 : 410-418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.132.
Manuscripts in review
- Gusha Molline N. C. and McQuaid Christopher D. (2023). Traits without boundaries: environmental conditions, functional traits and intertidal biogeography (In review-Ecology).
- Gusha Molline N. C. and McQuaid Christopher D. (2023). Evaluating functional identity and complementarity hypotheses in rocky intertidal communities. (In review- Ecology).
- Gusha Molline N. C. and McQuaid Christopher D. (2023). Life history strategies driving meso-spatial patterns of benthic macroinvertebrates along the coast of South Africa (In review - Ecosphere).
- ICES Working Group on Recreational Fisheries Survey Meeting (2023): Recreational angling in Namibia; Where we’ve been and where are we headed? (Oral presentation- Virtual attendance).
- Namibia Climate and Fisheries Workshop (27 – 31 March 2023, University of Namibia): 1. Spatio-temporal patterns of catch, effort and CPUE by recreational anglers in Namibia using the roving-roving creel survey technique (Oral presentation). 2. A horizon scan survey for the Namibian Coastal Recreational Fishery: identifying research questions of primary importance to sustainable and prosperous Namibian coastal recreational fisheries (Oral presentation).
- 2022 12th Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association Scientific Symposium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa (11 – 15 October 2022): Biogeographic boundaries affect the geographic spread and thermal gradient influences range-edge dynamics in an alien marine mussel (Poster Presentation)
- The 4th Daniel Jouvance-Solbourne University International Marine Biology Summer School (2020): Applying trait-based approaches to predict ecosystem functioning within coastal systems (Oral presentation)
- • Southern Africa Marine Science Symposium 2018: Temporal variation in physico-chemical characteristics and species richness in coastal rock pools (Poster Presentation)
- Zoology and Entomology Conference, Rhodes University (2018): Trophic complexity in coastal environments; temperature and nutrient effects (Oral presentation)