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Professor Nico Smit
Faculty of Science
Department of Zoology
Senior Lecturer
Qualifications
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BSc (UFS, 1995)
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BSc (Hons) (UFS, 1996)
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MSc (UFS, 1997)
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PhD (UFS, 2000)
Teaching
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ZOO 3A10 Basic and Marine Ecology
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ZOO 3A20 Limnology and Terrestrial Ecology
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ZOO 0227 Honours - Terrestrial and Conversational Ecology
Experience to Date
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2000 (July - Dec): Temporary Junior Lecturer, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, South Africa
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2001 - 2002: University Post Doctoral Research Fellow, School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, United Kingdom and Chair of the Postdoctoral and postgraduate research group within Life Sciences
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2003: Claude Harris Leon Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Marine Biology Research Institute, Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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2004 - 2005: Lecturer, Department of Zoology, Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa
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2006 - 2008: Senior Lecturer, Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
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2009 - present: Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Post-graduate Students
PhD-students
Liesel Moolman (2005 to present): The use of selected biomonitors to assess the water quality of the Okavango Delta, Botswana (Co-supervisor). Registered at University of Johannesburg.
Johann van As (2006 to present): Biodiversity and systematics of intraerythrocytic parasites from crag lizards of the Free State Highlands (supervisor). Registered at University of the Free State.
Maryke Ferreira (2007 to present): The biology and taxonomy of gnathiid isopods, parasites of marine fishes of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. (Supervisor)
Kerry Hadfield (2008 to present): The biodiversity and systematics of marine fish parasitic isopods of the family Cymothoidae from southern Africa. (Supervisor)
Courtney Cook (2009 to present): Conservation of South African tortoises with emphasis on their apicomplexan haematozoans, as well as biological and metal fingerprinting of captive individuals. (Supervisor)
MSc students
Ruan Gerber (2008 to present): Physiological response of largemouth and smallmouth yellowfish to angling: impact of angling duration, fish size, body condition and temperature. (Supervisor)
Charon Farquharson (2008 to present): Biodiversity of the fish parasitic larvae of gnathiid isopods from coral reefs. (Supervisor)
Michelle Soekoe (2009 to present): Population genetics and age structure of southern African tigerfish (Hydrocynus vittatus). (Supervisor)
Kyle McHugh (2009 to present): Effects of catch and release angling on the health of the tigerfish (Hydrocynus vittatus) population in Lake Jozini (Phongolapoort Dam). (Supervisor)
Eve Fisher (2009 to present): Metal bioaccumulation and biomarker response of the tigerfish, Hydrocynus vittatus, from three South African populations. (Co-Supervisor)
Chris Renshaw (2009 to present): Population dynamics of aquatic invertebrates and fish of the Olifants and Luvuvhu Rivers in the Kruger National Park. (Supervisor)
Publications
2009
COETZEE, M.L., SMIT, N.J., GRUTTER, A.S. & DAVIES, A.J. 2009. Gnathia trimaculata n. sp. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Gnathiidae) an ectoparasite found parasitising requiem sharks from off Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Systematic Parasitology, 72: 97-112.
COOK, C., SMIT, N.J. & DAVIES, A.J. (2009). A redescription of Haemogregarina fitzsimonsi Dias, 1953 and some comments on Haemogregarina parvula Dias, 1953 (Adeleorina: Haemogregarinidae) from southern African tortoises (Cryptodira: Testudinidae), with new host data and distribution records. Folia Parasitologica, 56: 173-179.
DAVIES, A.J., CURTIS, L. W., GRUTTER, A.S. & SMIT, N.J. 2009. Suspected viral erythrocytic necrosis (VEN) in a juvenile blackbar triggerfish, Rhinecanthus aculeatus, from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine Biodiversity Records, 2 , e149
doi:10.1017/S1755267209990674
FERREIRA, M.L., SMIT, N.J., GRUTTER, A.S. & DAVIES, A.J. 2009. A new species of gnathiid (Crustacea: Isopoda) parasitizing teleosts from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Journal of Parasitology, 95: 1066-1075.
GERBER, R, SMIT, N.J., PIETERSE, G.M. & DURHOLTZ D. 2009. Age estimation, growth rate and size at sexual maturity of tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus from the Okavango Delta, Botswana. African Journal of Aquatic Science 34: 239-247.
HADFIELD, K.A., SMIT, N.J. & OLDEWAGE, A. 2009. Life cycle of the temporary fish parasite, Gnathia pilosus (Crustacea: Isopoda: Gnathiidae) from the east coast of South Africa. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 89: 1331-1339.
SMIT, N.J., HOWATSON, G. & GREENFIELD, R. 2009. Blood lactate levels as biomarker for angling-induced stress in tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus from the Okavango Delta, Botswana. African Journal of Aquatic Science 34: 255-259.
SOEKOE, M., SMIT, N.J. & VAN DER BANK, F.H. 2009. Low allozyme variation in tigerfish, Hydrocynus vittatus (Teleostei: Alestidae) from the Okavango panhandle, with notes on the selection of candidates for artificial breeding. African Journal of Aquatic Science 34: 249-254.
VAN DER BANK, F.H., WINK, M, SOEKOE, M. & SMIT, N.J. 2009. Does Serranochromis altus (Teleostei: Cichlidae) exist in the Okavango Delta, Botswana? African Journal of Aquatic Science, 34: 57–68.
VAN DYK, J.C., MARCHAND, M.J., SMIT, N.J. & PIETERSE, G.M. 2009. A histology-based fish health assessment of four commercially and ecologically important species from the Okavango Delta panhandle, Botswana. African Journal of Aquatic Science 34: 273-282.
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Contact Details
Tel: +27 (0) 11 559 2457
Auckland Park Kingsway Campus: 218 D3 Lab
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