Carter, A., McKenna, S., Rasheed, M.A., Taylor, H., van de Wetering, C., Chartrand, K., Reason, C., Collier, C., Shepherd, L., Mellors, J., McKenzie, L., Duke, N.C., Roelofs, A., Smit, N., Groom, R., Barrett, D., Evans, S., Pitcher, R., Murphy, N., Carlisle, M., David, M., Lui, S., Torres Strait Indigenous Rangers, , and Coles, R.G. (2023) Seagrass spatial data synthesis from north-east Australia, Torres Strait and Gulf of Carpentaria, 1983 to 2022. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. (In Press)

Tol, S.J., Coles, R.G., Shepherd, L., Scott, A., Hoffmann, L., Leeson, P., Ekins, M, Clarke, M., Rasheed, M.A., and York, P. (2023) Benthic Habitat Mapping in the Central Coral Sea Marine Park: Preliminary voyage report for December 2022 survey. Report. TropWATER, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Tol, S.J., Carter, A.B., York, P.H., Jarvis, J.C., Grech, A., Congdon, B.C., and Coles, R.G. (2023) Vegetative fragment production as a means of propagule dispersal for tropical seagrass meadows. Marine Environmental Research, 191. 106160.

Carter, Alex B., Coles, Rob, Jarvis, Jessie C., Bryant, Catherine V., Smith, Timothy M., and Rasheed, Michael A. (2023) A report card approach to describe temporal and spatial trends in parameters for coastal seagrass habitats. Scientific Reports, 13. 2295.

Carter, Alex B., Collier, Catherine, Coles, Robert, Lawrence, Emma, and Rasheed, Michael A. (2022) Community-specific "desired" states for seagrasses through cycles of loss and recovery. Journal of Environmental Management, 314. 115059.

Schlaefer, Jodie, Carter, Alexandra, Choukroun, Severine, Coles, Robert, Critchell, Kay, Lambrechts, Jonathan, Rasheed, Michael, Tol, Samantha, and Grech, Alana (2022) Marine plant dispersal and connectivity measures differ in their sensitivity to biophysical model parameters. Environmental Modelling & Software, 149. 105313.

Tol, Samantha J., Jarvis, Jessie C., York, Paul H., Congdon, Bradley C., and Coles, Robert G. (2021) Mutualistic relationships in marine angiosperms: enhanced germination of seeds by mega-herbivores. Biotropica, 53 (6). pp. 1535-1545.

Carter, Alex, Coles, Rob, Rasheed, Michael, and Collier, Catherine J. (2021) Seagrass communities of the Great Barrier Reef and their desired state: applications for spatial planning and management. Report. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Carter, Alex B., McKenna, Skye A., Rasheed, Michael A., Collier, Catherine, McKenzie, Len, Pitcher, Roland, and Coles, Rob (2021) Synthesizing 35 years of seagrass spatial data from the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, Queensland, Australia. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 6 (4). pp. 216-226.

Tol, S.J., Harrison, M., Groom, R., Gilbert, J., Blair, D., Coles, R., and Congdon, B.C (2021) Using DNA to distinguish between faeces of Dugong dugon and Chelonia mydas: non-invasive sampling for IUCN-listed marine megafauna. Conservation Genetics Resources, 13. pp. 115-117.

Carter, Alex B., Collier, Catherine, Lawrence, Emma, Rasheed, Michael A., Robson, Barbara J., and Coles, Rob (2021) A spatial analysis of seagrass habitat and community diversity in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Scientific Reports, 11. 22344.

Collier, C.J., Carter, A.B., Rasheed, M., McKenzie, L., Udy, J., Coles, R., Brodie, J., Waycott, M., O’Brien, K.R., Saunders, M., Adams, M., Martin, K., Honchin, C., Petus, C., and Lawrence, E. (2020) An evidence-based approach for setting desired state in a complex Great Barrier Reef seagrass ecosystem: a case study from Cleveland Bay. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 7. 100042.

Wells, J.N., Rasheed, M.A., and Coles, R.G. (2019) Seagrass Habitat in the Port of Thursday Island: Annual Monitoring Report 2019. Report. TropWATER, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Carter, Alexandra, Coles, Robert, Grech, Alana, McKenna, Skye, Rasheed, Michael, McKenzie, Len, and Duke, Norman (2019) Spatial data as a baseline for managing coastal seagrasses in Queensland, Australia. In: [Presented at the CERF Biennial Conference]. From: The 25th Biennial CERF Conference, 3–7 November, 2019, Mobile, AL, USA.

Duffy, J. Emmett, Benedetti-Cecchi, Lisandro, Trinanes, Joaquin, Muller-Karger, Frank E., Ambo-Rappe, Rohani, Boström, Christoffer, Buschmann, Alejandro H., Byrnes, Jarrett, Coles, Robert G., Creed, Joel, Cullen-Unsworth, Leanne C., Diaz-Pulido, Guillermo, Duarte, Carlos M., Edgar, Graham J., Fortes, Miguel, Goni, Gustavo, Hu, Chuanmin, Huang, Xiaoping, Hurd, Catriona L., Johnson, Craig, Konar, Brenda, Krause-Jensen, Dorte, Krumhansl, Kira, Macreadie, Peter, Marsh, Helene, McKenzie, Len J., Mieszkowska, Nova, Miloslavich, Patricia, Montes, Enrique, Nakaoka, Masahiro, Norderhaug, Kjell Magnus, Norlund, Lina M., Orth, Robert J., Prathep, Anchana, Putman, Nathan F., Samper-Villarreal, Jimena, Serrao, Ester A., Short, Frederick, Pinto, Isabel Sousa, Steinberg, Peter, Stuart-smith, Rick, Unsworth, Richard K.F., van Keulen, Mike, van Tussenbroek, Brigitta I., Wang, Mengqiu, Waycott, Michelle, Weatherdon, Lauren V., Wernberg, Thomas, and Yaakub, Siti Maryam (2019) Toward a coordinated global observing system for seagrasses and marine macroalgae. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. 317. pp. 1-26.

Grech, Alana, Hanert, Emmanuel, McKenzie, Len, Rasheed, Michael, Thomas, Christopher, Tol, Samantha, Wang, Mingzhu, Waycott, Michelle, Wolter, Jolan, and Coles, Rob (2018) Predicting the cumulative effect of multiple disturbances on seagrass connectivity. Global Change Biology, 24 (7). pp. 3093-3104.

Reason, Carissa, Shepherd, Lloyd, Sankey, Tonia, Sozou, Alysha, Rasheed, Michael, and Coles, Rob (2018) Sampling for Asian green mussels in Weipa port and Pera Heads: 2017-2018. Report. TropWATER, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

York, Paul H., Smith, Timothy M., Coles, Rob G., McKenna, Skye A., Connolly, Rod M., Irving, Andrew D., Jackson, Emma L., McMahon, Kathryn, Runcie, John W., Sherman, Craig D.H., Sullivan, Brooke K., Trevathan-Tackett, Stacy M., Brodersen, Kasper E., Carter, Alex B., Ewers, Carolyn J., Lavery, Paul S., Roelfsema, Chris M., Sinclair, Elizabeth A., Strydom, Simone, Tanner, Jason E., van Dijk, Kor-jent, Warry, Fiona Y., Waycott, Michelle, and Whitehead, Sam (2017) Identifying knowledge gaps in seagrass research and management: an Australian perspective. Marine Environmental Research, 127. pp. 163-172.

Tol, Samantha J., Jarvis, Jessie C., York, Paul H., Grech, Alana, Congdon, Bradley C., and Coles, Robert G. (2017) Long distance biotic dispersal of tropical seagrass seeds by marine mega-herbivores. Scientific Reports, 7. 4458. pp. 1-8.

Rasheed, Michael A., McKenna, Skye, Coles, Rob, and Carter, Alex (2017) Protection of Great Barrier Reef seagrasses through innovative port industry and science research partnerships. In: Proceedings of the Australasian Coasts & Ports 2017 Conference. pp. 910-916. From: Australasian Coasts & Ports 2017 Conference: working with nature, 21-23 June 2017, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Carter, A., Coles, R., McKenna, S., and Rasheed, M. (2017) Spatial management tools for coastal seagrasses in Queensland, Australia. In: Proceedings of the Australasian Coasts & Ports 2017 Conference. pp. 226-232. From: Proceedings of the Australasian Coasts & Ports 2017 Conference, 21-23 June 2017, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Tol, Samantha J., Coles, Rob G., and Congdon, Bradley C. (2016) Dugong dugon feeding in tropical Australian seagrass meadows: implications for conservation planning. PeerJ, 4. e2194.

Sheaves, Marcus, Coles, Rob, Dale, Pat, Grech, Alana, Pressey, Robert L., and Waltham, Nathan J. (2016) Enhancing the value and validity of EIA: serious science to protect Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Conservation Letters, 9 (5). pp. 377-383.

Carter, Alex B., McKenna, Skye A., Rasheed, Michael A., McKenzie, Len J., and Coles, Robert G. (2016) Seagrass mapping synthesis: a resource for coastal management in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Report. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Coles, R.G., Rasheed, M.A., Grech, A., and McKenzie, L.J. (2016) Seagrass meadows of northeastern Australia. In: Finlayson, C.M., Milton, G.R., Prentice, R.C., and Davidson, N.C., (eds.) The Wetland Book: distribution description and conservation. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 1-9.

Grech, Alana, Wolter, Jolan, Coles, Rob, McKenzie, Len, Rasheed, Michael, Thomas, Christopher, Waycott, Michelle, and Hanert, Emmanuel (2016) Spatial patterns of seagrass dispersal and settlement. Diversity and Distributions, 22 (11). pp. 1150-1162.

Coles, Robert G., Rasheed, Michael A., McKenzie, Len J., Grech, Alana, York, Paul H., Sheaves, Marcus, McKenna, Skye, and Bryant, Catherine (2015) The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area seagrasses: managing this iconic Australian ecosystem resource for the future. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science , 153. A1-A12.

McKenna, Skye, Jarvis, Jessie, Sankey, Tonia, Reason, Carissa, Coles, Robert, and Rasheed, Michael (2015) Declines of seagrasses in a tropical harbour, North Queensland, Australia, are not the result of a single event. Journal of Biosciences, 40 (2). pp. 389-398.

McKenna, Skye, Rasheed, Michael, Coles, Robert, Carter, Alex, Jarvis, Jessie, York, Paul, Davies, Jaclyn, and Bryant, Catherine (2015) Reaping the benefits (and costs) of monitoring seagrass in Queensland Ports. In: Abstracts from the 52nd Australian Marine Science Association Annual Conference. p. 215. From: AMSA 2015: 52nd Australian Marine Science Association Annual Conference, 5-9 July 2015, Geelong, VIC, Australia.

Rasheed, Michael, York, Paul, Bryant, Catherine, McKenna, Skye, Chartrand, Katie, and Coles, Rob (2014) Deep-water seagrasses in the tropics: resilience, recovery and establishing thresholds and drivers of change. In: The 11th International Seagrass Biology Workshop: declining seagrasses in a changing world: abstracts. p. 22. From: The 11th International Seagrass Biology Workshop: declining seagrasses in a changing world, 6 - 10 November 2014, Sanya, China.

Sheaves, Marcus, Brookes, Justin, Coles, Robert, Freckelton, Marnie, Groves, Paul, Johnston, Ross, and Wingberg, Pia (2014) Repair and revitalisation of Australia's tropical estuaries and coastal wetlands: opportunities and constraints for the reinstatement of lost function and productivity. Marine Policy, 47. pp. 23-38.

Short, Frederick T., Coles, Robert, Fortes, Miguel D., Victor, Steven, Salik, Maxwell, Isnain, Irwan, Andrew, Jay, and Seno, Aganta (2014) Monitoring in the Western Pacific region shows evidence of seagrass decline in line with global trends. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 83 (2). pp. 408-416.

Unsworth, Richard K.F., van Keulen, Mike, and Coles, Rob G. (2014) Seagrass meadows in a globally changing environment. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 83 (2). pp. 383-386.

Hilbert, David W., Hill, Rosemary, Moran, Catherine, Turton, Stephen M., Bohnet, Iris C., Marshall, Nadine A., Pert, Petina L., Stoeckl, Natalie, Murphy, Helen T., Reside, April E., Laurance, Susan G.W., Alamgir, Mohammed, Coles, Rob, Crowley, Gabriel, Curnock, Matt, Dale, Allan, Duke, Norman C., Esparon, Michelle, Farr, Marina, Gillet, Sarah, Gooch, Margaret, Fuentes, Mariana, Hamann, Mark, James, Cassandra S., Kroon, Frederieke J., Larson, Silva, Lyons, Pethie, Marsh, Helene, Meyer Steiger, Dagmar, Sheaves, Marcus, and Westcott, David (2014) Climate change issues and impacts in the Wet Tropics NRM cluster region. Report. James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Rasheed, Michael A., McKenna, Skye A., Carter, Alexandra B., and Coles, Robert G. (2014) Contrasting recovery of shallow and deep water seagrass communities following climate associated losses in tropical north Queensland, Australia. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 83. pp. 491-499.

Hilbert, David W., Hill, Rosemary, Moran, Catherine, Turton, Steve M., Bohnet, Iris C., Marshall, Nadine A., Pert, Petina L., Stoeckl, Natalie, Murphy, Helen T., Reside, April E., Laurance, Susan G.W., Alamgir, Mohammed, Coles, Rob, Crowley, Gabriel, Curnock, Matthew, Dale, Allan, Duke, Norman C., Esparon, Michelle, Farr, Marina, Gillet, Sarah, Gooch, Margaret, Fuentes, Marianna, Hamann, Mark, James, Cassandra S., Kroon, Frederieke J., Larson, Silva, Lyons, Pethie, Marsh, Helene, Meyer Steiger, Dagmar, Sheaves, Marcus, and Westcott, David A. (2014) Key messages extracted from the Synthesis of Climate Change Issues and Impacts in the Wet Tropics NRM Cluster Region. Report. James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Coles, Rob, Short, Fred, Miguel, Fortes, and Kuo, John (2014) Twenty years of seagrass networking and advancing seagrass science: the International Seagrass Biology Workshop Series. Pacific Conservation Biology, 20 (1). pp. 8-16.

Grech, A., Bos, M., Brodie, J., Coles, R., Dale, A., Gilbert, R., Hamann, M., Marsh, H., Neil, K., Pressey, R.L., Rasheed, M.A., Sheaves, M., and Smith, A. (2013) Guiding principles for the improved governance of port and shipping impacts in the Great Barrier Reef. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 75 (1). pp. 8-20.

Rasheed, Michael A., McCormack, Cath, Chartrand, Katie, Ralph, Peter, Thomas, Ross, and Coles, Robert (2012) Measuring the dynamics and thresholds of tropical deepwater seagrasses. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Seagrass Biology Workshop. 01.4. p. 26. From: 10th International Seagrass Biology Workshop, 25-30 November 2012, Armação dos Búzios, Brazil.

Coles, Robert, Grech, Alana, Rasheed, Michael, and McKenzie, Len (2012) Evaluating risk to seagrasses in the Tropical Indo-Pacific Region. In: Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium. 15B_2. pp. 1-5. From: 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, 9-13 July 2012, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Grech, Alana, Chartrand-Miller, Katie, Erftemeijer, Paul, Fonseca, Mark, McKenzie, Len, Rasheed, Michael, Taylor, Helen, and Coles, Rob (2012) A comparison of threats, vulnerabilities and management approaches in global seagrass bioregions. Environmental Research Letters, 7 (2). 024006. pp. 1-8.

Grech, A., Coles, R., and Marsh, H. (2011) A broad-scale assessment of the risk to coastal seagrasses from cumulative threats. Marine Policy, 35 (5). pp. 560-567.

Short, Fred T., Polidoro, Beth, Livingstone, Suzanne R., Carpenter, Kent E., Bandeira, Salomão, Bujang, Japar Sidik, Calumpong, Hilconida P., Carruthers, Tim J.B., Coles, Robert G., Dennison, William C., Erftemeijer, Paul L.A., Fortes, Miguel D., Freeman, Aaren S., Jagtap, T.G., Kamal, Abu Hena M., Kendrick, Gary A., Kenworthy, W. Judson, La Nafie, Yayu A., Nasution, Ichwan M., Orth, Robert J., Prathep, Anchana, Sanciangco, Jonnell C., van Tussenbroek, Brigitta, Vergara, Sheila G., Waycott, Michelle, and Zieman, Joseph C. (2011) Extinction risk assessment of the world's seagrass species. Biological Conservation, 144 (7). pp. 1961-1971.

Grech, Alana, and Coles, Rob (2011) Interactions between a trawl fishery and spatial closures for biodiversity conservation in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, Australia. PLoS ONE, 6 (6). e21094. pp. 1-7.

Coles, Rob, Grech, Alana, Rasheed, Mike, McKenzie, Len, Unsworth, Richard, and Short, Fred (2011) Seagrass ecology and threats in the tropical Indo-Pacific bioregion. In: Pirog, Robert S., (ed.) Seagrass: Ecology Uses and Threats. Oceanography and Ocean Engineering . Nova Science Publishers, New York, NY, USA, pp. 225-239.

Grech, A., and Coles, R.G. (2010) An ecosystem-scale predictive model of coastal seagrass distribution. Aquatic Conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems , 20 (4). pp. 437-444.

Grech, Alana, Coles, Rob, Waycott, Michelle, Rasheed, Michael, and McKenzie, Len (2010) Risk Assessment for Coastal Seagrass Habitats of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area: Outputs from the Risk Assessment Working Group. Report. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Fernandes, Leanne, Day, Jon, Kerrigan, Brigid, Breen, Dan, De'ath, Glenn, Mapstone, Bruce, Coles, Rob, Done, Terry, Marsh, Helene, Poiner, Ian, Ward, Trevor, Williams, David, and Kenchington, Richard (2009) A process to design a network of marine no-take areas: lessons from the Great Barrier Reef. Ocean & Coastal Management, 52 (8). pp. 439-447.

Dobbs, Kirstin, Fernandes, Leanne, Slegers, Suzanne, Jago, Belinda, Thompson, Leanne, Hall, James, Day, Jon, Cameron, Darren, Tanzer, John, Macdonald, Fiona, Marsh, Helene, and Coles, Rob (2008) Incorporating dugong habitats into the marine protected area design for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia. Ocean & Coastal Management, 51 (4). pp. 368-375.

Haywood, M.D.E., Pitcher, C.R., Ellis, N., Wassenberg, T.J., Smith, G., Forcey, K., McLeod, I., Carter, A., Strickland, C., and Coles, R. (2008) Mapping and characterisation of the inter-reefal benthic assemblages of the Torres Strait. Continental Shelf Research, 28 (16). pp. 2304-2316.

Rasheed, Michael A., Dew, Kara R., McKenzie, Len J., Coles, Robert G., Kerville, Simon P., and Campbell, Stuart J. (2008) Productivity, carbon assimilation and intra-annual change in tropical reef platform seagrass communities of the Torres Strait, north-eastern Australia. Continental Shelf Research, 28 (16). pp. 2292-2303.

Grech, Alana, Coles, Robert, McKenzie, Len, and Rasheed, Michael (2008) Spatial Risk Assessment for Coastal Seagrass Habitats in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area: a case study of the dry and wet tropics. Report. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, QLD.

Sheppard, James K., Carter, Alex B., McKenzie, Len J., Pitcher, C. Roland, and Coles, Robert G. (2008) Spatial patterns of sub-tidal seagrasses and their tissue nutrients in the Torres Strait, northern Australia: implications for management. Continental Shelf Research, 28 (16). pp. 2282-2291.

Grech, A., Marsh, H., and Coles, R. (2008) A spatial assessment of the risk to a mobile marine mammal from bycatch. Aquatic Conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems , 18 (7). pp. 1127-1139.

Bité, Juanita S., Campbell, Stuart J., McKenzie, Len J., and Coles, Robert G. (2007) Chlorophyll fluorescence measures of seagrasses Halophila ovalis and Zostera capricorni reveal differences in response to experimental shading. Marine Biology, 152 (2). pp. 405-414.

Coles, Robert, McKenzie, Len, Rasheed, Michael, Mellors, Jane, Taylor, Helen, Dew, Kara, McKenna, Skye, Sankey, Tonia, Carter, Alexandra, and Grech, Alana (2007) Status and trends of seagrass habitats in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Report. Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F), Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Pitcher, Roland, Haywood, Mick, Hooper, John, Coles, Rob, Bartlett, Chris, Browne, Matthew, Cannard, Toni, Carini, Giovannella, Carter, Alexandra, Cheers, Sue, Chetwynd, Doug, Cook, Stephen, Davie, Peter, Ellis, Nick, Fellegara, Ida, Forcey, Karl, Furey, Melodyrose, Gledhill, Dan, Hendriks, Patricia, Jacobsen, Ian, Johnson, Jeff, Jones, Michelle, Last, Peter, Marks, Shona, McLeod, Ian, Sheils, Jacquie, Sheppard, James, Smith, Greg, Strickland, Colleen, Van der Geest, Claire, Venables, Bill, Wassenberg, Ted, and Yearsley, Gus (2007) Mapping and characterisation of key biotic and physical attributes of the Torres Strait ecosystem: CRC-TS task number: T2.1 final report. Report. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Cleveland, QLD, Australia.

Carter, Alex B., Sheppard, James K., Coles, Robert G., and McKenzie, Len J. (2007) Sub-tidal seagrasses of the Torres Strait: spatial patterns and nutritional value for marine herbivores. Report. Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F), Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Coles, Rob, Grech, Alana, Dew, Kara, Zeller, Brad, and McKenzie, Leonard (2007) A preliminary report on the adequacy of protection provided to species and benthic habitats in the east coast otter trawl fishery by the current system of closures. Report. UNSPECIFIED, Cairns, QLD, Australia.