In press Beckett H, Hansen OK, von der Heyden S, Midgley GF. A natural terminal Pleistocene decline of African penguin populations enhances their anthropogenic extinction risk. African Journal of Marine Science, in press
Oostuizen D, Seyour M, Atkinson L, von der Heyden S. Extending deep-sea benthic biodiversity inventories with environmental DNA metabarcoding. Marine Biology, in press
2023 von der Heyden S. (2023) Environmental DNA surveys of African biodiversity: state of knowledge, challenges and opportunities. Environmental DNA, 5: 12-17 [link]
Nielsen ES, Hanson JO, Carvalho SB, Beger M, Henriques R, Kershaw F, von der Heyden S. (2023) Molecular ecology meets systematic conservation planning. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 38: 143-155 [link]
Boshoff B, Robinson-Smythe TB, von der Heyden S. (2023) The role of seagrass meadows in the accumulation of microplastics: insights from a South African estuary. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 186:114403 [link]
2022 Ge Q, Qu Y, Deng T, Thuiller W, Fišer C, Ericson PGP, Guo B, de la Sancha NU, von der Heyden S, Hou Z, Li J, Abramov A, Vogler AP, Jønsson KA, Mittermeier R. (2022) New progress in exploring the mechanisms underlying extraordinarily high biodiversity in global hotspots and their implications for conservation. Diversity and Distributions, 28: 2448-2458 [link]
van Wyk JW, Adams AB, von der Heyden S. (2022) Conservation implications of herbicides on seagrasses: sublethal glyphosate exposure decreases fitness in the endangered Zostera capensis. PeerJ, 10:e14295 [link]
Hortal J, Cabeza M, Diniz-Filho JA, von der Heyden S, Stigall AL, Yeo DCJ. (2022) Building a truly diverse biodiversity science. npjBiodiversity, 1:2 [link]
Malan A, von der Heyden S, Herron S, Arnould JPY, Kirkwood R, Matthee CA. (2022) Paleoclimatic changes resulted in range expansion and subsequent divergence in brown fur seals, Arctocephalus pusillus. Biology Letters, 18:20220285 [link]
Ndhlovu A & von der Heyden S. (2022) De novo assembly and annotation of the transcriptome of the endangered seagrass Zostera capensis: insights from differential gene expression under thermal stress. Marine Genomics 66: 100984 [link]
Dalongville A, Nielsen ES, Teske PR, von der Heyden S. (2022) Comparative phylogeography in a marine biodiversity hotspot provides novel insights into evolutionary processes across the Atlantic-Indian Ocean transition. Diversity and Distributions 28:2622-2636 [link]
Kapula VK, Ndjaula H, Schulze M, Durholtz D, Japp D, Singh L, Matthee CA, von der Heyden S, Henriques R. (2022) Genetic assessment of seasonal alongshore migration in Merluccius capensis in the Benguela region. Fisheries Research250: 106293 [link]
Diedericks G, Broeckhoven C, von der Heyden S, Weyl OLF, Hui C. (2022) The role of directed dispersal in driving genetic and morphological structure in invasive smallmouth bass. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:790829 [link]
Gaither M, DiBattista JD, Leray M, von der Heyden S. (2022) Metabarcoding the marine environment: from single species to biogeographic patterns. Environmental DNA4: 3-8 [link]
Czachur MV, Seymour M, Creer S, von der Heyden S. (2022) Novel insights into marine fish biodiversity across a pronounced environmental gradient using replicated environmental DNA analyses. Environmental DNA4: 181 - 190 [link]
2021 Nielsen ES, Henriques R, Beger M, von der Heyden S. (2021) Neither historical climate nor contemporary range fully explain extant patterns of molecular diversity in marine species. Journal of Biogeography 48: 2629-2644 [link]
Nielsen ES, Henriques R, Beger M, von der Heyden S. (2021) Distinct inter- and intra-specific vulnerability of coastal species to global change. Global Change Biology 27: 3415-3431 [link]
Fagg C, Phair NL, Claassens L, Barnes RSK, von der Heyden S. (2021) Strengthening the DNA barcode reference library for South African estuarine macrofauna. African Journal of Marine Science 43: 141-145 [link]
Toms J, Gosliner T, Pola M, von der Heyden S. (2021) Disentangling species of the genus Limacia O.F. Müller, 1781 from southern Africa and Europe using integrative taxonomical methods, with the description of four new species. Marine Biodiversity 51: 1 [link]
Phair NL, Nielsen ES, von der Heyden S. (2021) Applying genomic data to seagrass conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation30: 2079-2096 [link]
2020 Pasnin O, Voigt O, Wörheide G, Murillo Rincón AP, von der Heyden S. (2020) Indo-Pacific phylogeography of the lemon sponge Leucettachagosensis. Diversity 12: 466 [link]
Schulze M, von der Heyden S, Japp D, Singh L, Durholtz D, Kapula VK, Ndjaula H, Henriques R. (2020) Supporting fisheries management with genomic tools: a case study of kingklip (Genypterus capensis) off southern Africa. Frontiers Marine Science7: 557146 [link]
Henriques R, Mann BQ, Nielsen ES, Hui C, von der Heyden S. (2020) Extending biodiversity conservation with functional and evolutionary diversity: a case study of South African sparid fishes. African Journal of Marine Science 42: 315 - 321 [link]
Nielsen ES, Henriques R, Beger M, Toonen RJ, von der Heyden S. (2020) Multi-model seascape genomics identifies distinct drivers of selection among sympatric marine species. BMC Evolutionary Biology 20: 121 [link]
Nielsen ES, Beger M, Henriques R, von der Heyden S. (2020) A comparison of genetic and genomic approaches to represent evolutionary potential in conservation planning.Biological Conservation 251: 108770 [link]
von der Heyden S, Mbongwa N, Hui C. (2020) Supporting sandy beach conservation through comparative phylogeography: the case of Excirolana (Crustacea: Isopoda) in South Africa. Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science242: 106841 [link]
Svardal H, Rusuwa B, Linderoth T, Kiran A, Charmantier A, Lattorff HMG, Cagan A, Ommeh SC, Kamn'ona A, Katongo C, Santon ME, Durbin R, Kumwenda B, Visscher PM, von der Heyden S, and the participants of SMBE Malawi. (2020) Evolutionary genomics at the human-environment interface in Africa. Molecular Biology and Evolution, msa132 [link]
Araujo GS, Vilasboa AV, Britto MR, Bernardi G, von der Heyden S, Levy A, Floeter SR. (2020) Phylogeny of the comb-tooth blenny genus Scartella (Blenniiformes: Blenniidae) reveals several cryptic lineages and a trans-Atlantic relationship. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190: 54 - 64 [link]
Zeeman Z, Branch GM, Pillay D, von der Heyden S. (2020) Origin and genetic diversity of the invasive mussel Semimytilus algosus in South Africa, relative to source populations in Chile and Namibia. Biological Invasions 22: 2309-2323 [link]
Bani A, De Brauwer M, Creer S, Dumbrell AJ, Limmon G, Jompa J, von der Heyden S, Beger M. (2020) Informing marine spatial planning decisions with environmental DNA. Advances in Ecological Research 62: 375-407 [link]
Phair NL, Toonen RJ, Knapp IS, von der Heyden S. (2020) Anthropogenic pressures negatively impact genomic diversity of the vulnerable seagrass Zostera capensis. (2020) Journal of Environmental Management 255: 109831 [link]
2019 Phair NL, Toonen RJ, Knapp I, von der Heyden S. (2019) Shared genomic outliers across two divergent population clusters of a highly threatened seagrass. PeerJ, 7:e6806 [link]
Mbongwa N, Hui C, Pulfrich A, von der Heyden S. (2019) Every beach an island - deep population divergence and possible loss of genetic diversity in Tylos granulatus, a sandy shore isopod. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 614: 111-123[link]
Teske PR, Sandoval-Castillo J, Rao Golla T, Emami-Khoyi A, Tine M, von der Heyden S, Beheregaray LB. (2019) Thermal selection as a driver of marine ecological speciation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286: 20182023 [link]
2018 Nielsen ES, Henriques R, Toonen RJ, Knapp I, Guo B, von der Heyden S. (2018) Complex signatures of genomic variation of two non-model marine species in a homogeneous environment. BMC Genomics, 19: 347 [link]
Rao Golla T, Sandoval-Castillo J, Emami-Khoyi A, van der Lingen CD, von der Heyden S, Chiazzari B, Jansen van Vuuren B, Beheregaray LB, Teske PR. (2018) Mitochondrial DNA is unsuitable to test for isolation by distance. Scientific Reports, 8: 8448 [link]
Schulze S, Henriques R, Feldheim KA, Bowie RCK, von der Heyden S (2018) How many daddies: microsatellite genotyping reveals polyandry in a live-bearing clinid fish. Journal of Fish Biology, 92:1435-1445 [link]
Mertens LEA, Treml EA, von der Heyden S. (2018) Genetic and biophysical models help define marine conservation focus areas. Frontiers Marine Science: Marine Conservation and Sustainability, 5:268 [link]
Diedericks G, Henriques R, von der Heyden S, Weyl O, Hui C. (2018) The ghost of introduction past: Spatial and temporal variability in the genetic diversity of invasive smallmouth bass. Evolutionary Applications, 11:1609-1629 [link]
Diedericks G, Henriques R, von der Heyden S, Weyl O, Hui C. (2018) Sleeping with the enemy: introgressive hybridisation in two invasive centrarchids. Journal of Fish Biology, 93: 405-410[link] 2017 Balkenhol N, Dudaniec RY, Krutovsky KV, Johnson JS, Cairns DM, Segelbacher G, Selkoe KA, von der Heyden S, Wang IJ, Selmoni O, Joost S. (2017) Landscape Genomics: Understanding relationships between environmental heterogeneity and genomic characteristics of populations. In Population Genomics, Springer. [link]
Andreotti S, von der Heyden S, Henriques R, Rutzen M, Meyer M, Matthee CA (2017) Erring on the side of caution: reply to Irion et al. (2017) Marine Ecology Progress Series 577: 257-262 [link]
Nielsen ES, Beger M, Henriques R, Selkoe KA, von der Heyden (2017) Multi-species genetic objectives in spatial conservation planning. Conservation Biology 31: 872-882 [link]
von der Heyden S. Making evolutionary history count: biodiversity planning for coral reef fishes and the conservation of evolutionary processes. (2017) Coral Reefs 36: 183-194 [link]
Henriques R, Nielsen E, Durholtz D, Japp D, von der Heyden S. (2017) Genetic population sub-structuring of kingklip (Genypterus capensis - Ophidiidiae), a commercially exploited demersal fish, off South Africa. Fisheries Research 187: 86-95 [link]
2016 Henriques R, von der Heyden S, Lipinksi MR, du Toit N, Kainge P, Bloomer P, Matthee CA. (2016) Spatio-temporal genetic structure and the effects of long-term fishing in two partially sympatric offshore demersal fishes. Molecular Ecology 25: 5843-5861 [link]
von der Heyden S, Lukey P, Celliers L, Prochazka K, Lombard AT. (2016) Science to policy - reflections on South African reality. South African Journal of Science 112:#0183 [link]
Selkoe KA, D’Aloia CC, Crandall ED, Iacchei M, Liggins L, Puritz JB, von der Heyden S, Toonen RJ. (2016) A decade of seascape genetics: contributions to basic and applied marine connectivity. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 554: 1-19 (FEATURE ARTICLE) [link]
Andreotti S, Rutzen M, van der Walt S, von der Heyden S, Henriques R, Meyer M, Oosthuizen H, Matthee CA. (2016) An integrated mark-recapture and genetic approach to estimate the population size of white shark in South Africa. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 552: 241-253 [link]
Baco AR, Etter RJ, Ribeiro PA, von der Heyden S, Beerli P, Kinlan BP. (2016) A Synthesis of Genetic Connectivity in Deep-Sea Fauna and Implications for Marine Reserve Design. Molecular Ecology, 25: 3276-3298 [link]
Henriques R, von der Heyden S, Matthee CA. (2016) When homoplasy mimics hybridization: a case study of Cape hakes (Merluccius paradoxus and M. capensis). PeerJ 4:e1827 [link]
Andreotti S, von der Heyden S, Henriques R, Rutzen M, Meyer M, Oosthuizen H, Matthee CA. (2016) Global mtDNA population structure of white sharks. Journal of Biogeography, 43: 328-339 [link]
Drost E, Golla TR, von der Heyden S, Teske P. (2016) Restricted connectivity among Atlantic and Indian Ocean goby populations, but no evidence for divergent evolution. Marine Biodiversity, 46: 465-471 [link]
2015 Payne RP, Griffiths CL, von der Heyden S, Koch E. (2015) The cushion-star Parvulastra exigua in South Africa: one species or more? ZooKeys, 524: 1-16 [link]
Swart BL, von der Heyden S, Bester-van der Merwe AE, Roodt-Wilding R. (2015) Molecular systematics and biogeography of the circumglobally distributed genus Seriola (Pisces: Carangidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 93: 274 - 280 [link]
Keightley J, von der Heyden S, Jackson S. (2015) Introduced Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas in South Africa: demographic change, genetic diversity and body condition. African Journal of Marine Science, 31: 89-98 [link]
Phair N, Barendse J, Smith K, von der Heyden S. (2015) Molecular analyses confirm genetically distinct populations of two indigenous estuarine fish species in an isolated coastal lake: implications for the management of introduced ichthyofauna. Conservation Genetics, 16: 801-809 [link]
von der Heyden S, Toms JA, Teske PR, Lamberth SJ, Holleman W. (2015) Contrasting signals of genetic diversity and historical demography between two recently diverged marine and estuarine fish species. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 526: 157-167 [link]
Muteveri T, Matthee CA, Bowie RCK, von der Heyden S. (2015) High population connectivity and Pleistocene range expansion in the direct-developing plough shell, Bullia rhodostoma, along the South African coast. African Journal of Marine Science, 31: 21-31 [link]
Wright D, Bishop JM, Matthee CA, von der Heyden S. (2015) Genetic isolation by distance reveals restricted dispersal across a range of life-histories: implications for biodiversity conservation planning across highly variable marine environments. Diversity and Distributions, 21: 698-710 [link]
2014 Reynolds TV, Matthee CA, von der Heyden S. (2014) The influence of Pleistocene climatic changes and ocean currents on the phylogeography of the southern African barnacle, Tetraclita serrata (Thoracica; Cirripedia). PLoS One, 9: e102115 [link]
Toms JA, Compton JC, Smale M, von der Heyden S. (2014) Variation in paleo-shorelines explains contemporary population genetic patterns of rocky shore species. Biology Letters, 10: 20140330 [link]
Bowen BW, Shanker K, Yasuda N, Malay MCD, von der Heyden S, Paulay G, Rocha LA, Selkoe KA, Barber PH, Williams ST, Lessios HA, Crandall ED, Bernardi G, Meyer CP, Carpenter KE, Toonen RJ. (2014) Phylogeography Unplugged: comparative surveys in the genomic era. Bulletin of Marine Science, 90: 13-46 [link]
Froeschke G, von der Heyden S. (2014) A review of molecular approaches for investigating patterns of co-evolution in marine host-parasite relationships. Advances in Parasitology, 84: 209-252 [link]
Rius M, Clusella-Trullas S, McQuaid CD, Navarro R, Griffiths CL, Matthee CA, von der Heyden S, Turon X. (2014) Range expansions across eco-regions: interactions of climate change, physiology and genetic diversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23: 76-88. [link]
Mkare T, von der Heyden S, Groenevel JC, Matthee CA. (2014) Genetic population structure and recruitment patters of three sympatric shallow-water penaeid prawns in Ungwana Bay, Kenya, with implications for fisheries management. (2014) Marine Freshwater Research, 65: 255-266. [link]
Beger M, Selkoe KA, Treml E, Barber PH, von der Heyden S, Crandall ED, Toonen RJ, Riginos C. (2014) Evolving coral reef conservation with genetic information. Bulletin of Marine Science, 90: 159-185 [link]
von der Heyden S, Beger M, Toonen RJ, van Herwerden L, Juinio-Meñez A, Ravago-Gotanco R, Fauvelot C, Bernardi G. (2014) The application of genetics to marine management and conservation: examples from the Indo-Pacific. Bulletin of Marine Science, 90: 123-158 [link]
2013 Best PB, Smale M, Glass J, Herian K, von der Heyden S. (2014) Identification of stomach contents from a Shepherd’s beaked whale, Tasmacetus sheperdi. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 94: 1093-1097 [link]
von der Heyden S, Gildenhuys E, Bernardi G, Bowie RCK. (2013) Fine-scale biogeography: tidal elevation strongly affects population genetic structure and demographic history in intertidal fishes. Frontiers in Biogeography, 5: 1 [link]
Levy A, von der Heyden S, Floeter SR, Bernardi G, Almada VC. (2013) Phylogeny of Parablennius Miranda Ribeiro, 1915 reveals a paraphyletic genus and recent Indo-Pacific diversification from an Atlantic ancestor. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 67: 1-8. [link]
2012 Holleman W, von der Heyden S, Zsilavecz G. Delineating the fishes of the Clinus superciliosus species complex in southern African waters (Blennioidei: Clinidae: Clinini), with the validation of Clinus arborescens Gilchrist & Thompson 1908 and Clinus ornatus Gilchrist & Thompson 1908, and with descriptions of two new species (2012). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 166: 827-853 [link]
Muller CM, von der Heyden S, Bowie RCK, Matthee CA. (2012)Linking oceanic circulation, local upwelling and palaeoclimatic changes to the phylogeography of larval dispersal in the southern African Cape sea urchin, Parechinus angulosus. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 468: 203-215 [link]
von der Heyden S, Connell A. (2012) Evidence of hybridisation within the genus Chrysoblephus and conserved nuclear sequences of South African sparids (Teleostei: Sparidae). African Journal of Marine Science, 34:505-510 [link]
Groeneveld JC, von der Heyden S, Matthee CA. (2012) High connectivity and lack of mtDNA differentiation among two previously recognized spiny lobster species in the southern Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Marine Biology Research 8: 764-770 [link]
Miller BJ, von der Heyden S, Gibbons MJ. (2012) Significant population genetic structuring of the holoplanktic scyphozoan Pelagia noctiluca in the Atlantic Ocean. African Journal of Marine Science, 34: 425-430 [link]
von der Heyden S. Southern African Sea Life: a guide for young explorers. Struik Nature (Book)
2011 von der Heyden S, Bowie RCK, Prochazka K, Bloomer P, Crane NL, Bernardi G (2011) Phylogeographic patterns and cryptic speciation across oceanographic barriers in South African intertidal fishes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24: 2505-2519 [link]
Francisco FM, Congiu L, von der Heyden S, Almada VC (2011) Multilocus phylogenetic analysis of the genus Atherina (Pisces: Atherinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 61: 71-78 [link]
Teske PR, von der Heyden S, McQuaid CD, Barker NP (2011) A review of marine phylogeography in southern Africa. SouthAfrican Journal of Science 107, Art #514 [link]
von der Heyden S. (2011) “Carry on sampling!” – Assessing marine fish biodiversity and discovery rates in southern Africa. Diversity and Distributions, 17: 81-92 [link]
Sink K, Holness S, Harris LR, Majiedt P, Atkinson L, Robinson TB, Kirkman S, Hutchings L, Leslie L, Lamberth S, Kerwath S, von der Heyden S, Lombard AT, Attwood C, Branch GN, Fairweather T, Taljaard S, Weerts S, Cowley P, Awad A, Halpern B, Grantham H, Wolf T(2012) National Biodiversity Assessment 2011: Technical Report. Volume 4: Marine and Coastal Component. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa
2010 Teske PR, Forget FRG, Cowley PD, von der Heyden S, Beheregaray LB. (2010) Connectivity between marine reserves and exploited areas in the philopatric reef fish Chrysoblephus laticeps (Teleostei: Sparidae). Marine Biology, 157: 2029-2042 [link]
von der Heyden S, Lipinski MR, Matthee CA. (2010) Remarkably low mtDNA control region diversity in an abundant demersal fish. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 55: 1183-1188 [link]
von der Heyden S, Barendse J, Seebregts AJ, Matthee CA (2010) Misleading the masses: detection of mislabeled and substituted frozen fish products in South Africa. ICES Journal of Marine Science 67: 176-185 [link]
2009 von der Heyden S (2009) Why do we need to integrate population genetics into South African Marine Protected Area planning? African Journal of Marine Science 31: 263-269 [link]
2008 Neethling M, Matthee CA, Bowie RCK, von der Heyden S (2008) Evidence of successful dispersal across a major oceanographic barrier in the southern African endemic, Caffrogobius caffer (Teleostei: Gobiidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 8: 325 [link]
von der Heyden S, Prochazka K, Bowie RCK (2008) Significant population structure amidst expanding populations of Clinus cottoides (Perciformes, Clinidae): application of molecular tools to marine conservation planning in South Africa. Molecular Ecology 17: 4812-4826 [link]
von der Heyden S, Matthee CA (2008) Towards resolving familial relationships within the Gadiformes and the resurrection of the Lyconidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48: 764-769 [link]
2007 von der Heyden S, Groeneveld JC, Matthee CA (2007) ‘Long current to nowhere?' – genetic connectivity of Jasus tristani in the southern Atlantic Ocean. African Journal of Marine Science 29: 491-497 [link]
Matthee CA, Cockroft AC, Gopal K, von der Heyden S (2007) Mitochondrial DNA variation of the west coast rock lobster, Jasus lalandii: marked genetic diversity differences among sampling sites. Marine Freshwater Research 58: 1130-1135 [link]
Cavalier-Smith T, von der Heyden S (2007) Molecular phylogeny, scale evolution and taxonomy of centrohelid Heliozoa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 1186-1203 [link]
Moreira D, von der Heyden S, Bass D, López-García P, Chao E, Cavalier-Smith T (2007) Global eukaryote phylogeny: combined small- and large-subunit ribosomal DNA trees support monophyly of Rhizaria, Retaria and Excavata. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 255-266 [link]
von der Heyden S, Lipinski MR, Matthee CA (2007) Species-specific genetic markers for identification of early life history stages of Cape hakes, Merluccius capensis and M. paradoxus in the southern Benguela Current. Journal of Fish Biology 70: 262-256 [link]
von der Heyden S, Lipinski MR, Matthee CA (2007) Mitochondrial DNA analyses of the Cape hakes reveal an expanding, panmictic population for Merluccius capensis and population structuring for mature fish inMerluccius paradoxus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 517-527 [link]
2005 von der Heyden S, Cavalier-Smith T (2005) Culturing and environmental DNA sequence studies uncover hidden kinetoplastid biodiversity and distinct marine and freshwater clades in Neobodo designis. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 55: 2605-2621 [link]
Bass D, Moreira D, López-García P, Polet S, Chao E, von der Heyden S, Pawlowski J, Cavalier-Smith T (2005) Polyubiquitin insertions and the phylogeny of Cercozoa and Rhizaria. Protist 56: 149-161 [link]
Stoeck T, Schwarz MVJ, Boenigk J, Schweikert M, von der Heyden S, Behnke A (2005) Cellular identity of a novel 18S rRNA sequence clade within the class Kinetoplastea: the novel genus Actuariola gen. nov. (Neobodonida) with description of the type species Actuariola framii sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 55: 2623-2635 [link]
2004 von der Heyden S, Chao E, Vickerman K, Cavalier-Smith T (2004) Ribosomal RNA phylogeny of bodonid and diplonemid flagellates and the evolution of Euglenozoa. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 51: 402-416 [link]
von der Heyden S, Chao E, Cavalier-Smith T (2004) Genetic diversity of goniomonads: an ancient divergence between freshwater and marine species. European Journal of Phycology 39: 343-350 [link]