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Bellwood, David R, Hoey, Andrew S, Ackerman, John L, and Depczynski, Martial (2006) Coral bleaching, reef fish community phase shifts and the resilience of coral reefs. Global Change Biology, 12 (9). pp. 1587-1594.

Choat, J.H., Davies, C.R., Ackerman, J.L., and Mapstone, B.D. (2006) Age structure and growth in a large teleost, Cheilinus undulatus, with a review of size distribution in labrid fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 318. pp. 237-246.

Robertson, D.R., Ackerman, J.L., Choat, J.H., Posada, J.M., and Pitt, J. (2005) Ocean surgeonfish Acanthurus bahianus. I. The geography of demography. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 295. pp. 229-244.

Robertson, D.R., Choat, J.H., Posada, J.M., Pitt, J., and Ackerman, J.L. (2005) Ocean surgeonfish Acanthurus bahianus. II. Fishing effects on longevity, size and abundance? Marine Ecology Progress Series, 295. pp. 245-256.

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Choat, J.H., Robertson, D.R., Ackerman, J.L., and Posada, J.M. (2003) An age-based demographic analysis of the Caribbean stoplight parrotfish Sparisoma viride. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 246. pp. 265-277.

Ackerman, J.L., and Bellwood, D.R. (2002) Comparative efficiency of clove oil and rotenone for sampling tropical reef fish assemblages. Journal of Fish Biology, 60 (4). pp. 893-901.

Gust, N., Choat, J., and Ackerman, J. (2002) Demographic plasticity in tropical reef fishes. Marine Biology, 140 (5). pp. 1039-1051.

Meekan, M.G., Ackerman, J.L., and Wellington, G.M. (2001) Demography and age structures of coral reef damselfishes in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 212. pp. 223-232.

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