Bridge, Tom C.L., Cowman, Peter F., Quattrini, Andrea M., Bonito, Victor E., Sinniger, Frederic, Harii, Saki, Head, Catherine E.I., Hung, Julia Y., Halafihi, Tuikolongahau, Rongo, Teina, and Baird, Andrew H. (2024) A tenuis relationship: traditional taxonomy obscures systematics and biogeography of the ‘Acropora tenuis’ (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) species complex. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. zlad062. (In Press)

Calcino, Andrew, Cooke, Ira, Cowman, Peter, Higgie, Megan, Massault, Cecile, Schmitz, Ulf, Whittaker, Maxine, and Field, Matt A. (2024) Harnessing genomic technologies for one health solutions in the tropics. Globalization and Health, 20. 78.

Horowitz, Jeremy, Quattrini, Andrea M., Brugler, Mercer R., Miller, David J., Pahang, Kristina, Bridge, Tom C.L., and Cowman, Peter F. (2023) Bathymetric evolution of black corals through deep time. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 290 (2008). 20231107.

Baird, Andrew, Prior, Susan, Bridge, Thomas, and Cowman, Peter (2023) First records of coral spawning on Norfolk Island. Galaxea, Journal of Coral Reef Studies, 25 (1). pp. 3-4.

Glass, Jessica R., Harrington, Richard C., Cowman, Peter F., Faircloth, Brant C., and Near, Thomas J. (2023) Widespread sympatry in a species-rich clade of marine fishes (Carangoidei). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 290 (2010). 20230657.

Horowitz, Jeremy, Opresko, Dennis, Molodtsova, Tina N., Beaman, Robin J., Cowman, Peter F., and Bridge, Tom C.L. (2022) Five new species of black coral (Anthozoa; Antipatharia) from the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, Australia. Zootaxa, 5213 (1). pp. 1-35.

Tea, Yi-Kai, Xu, Xin, Dibattista, Joseph D., Lloyd, Jonathan, Cowman, Peter F., and Ho, Simon Y.W. (2022) Phylogenomic Analysis of Concatenated Ultraconserved Elements Reveals the Recent Evolutionary Radiation of the Fairy Wrasses (Teleostei: Labridae: Cirrhilabrus). Systematic Biology, 71 (1). pp. 1-12.

Ghezelayagh, Ava, Harrington, Richard C., Burress, Edward D., Campbell, Matthew A., Buckner, Janet C., Chakrabarty, Prosanta, Glass, Jessica R., McCraney, W. Tyler, Unmack, Peter J., Thacker, Christine E., Alfaro, Michael E., Friedman, Sarah T., Ludt, William B., Cowman, Peter F., Friedman, Matt, Price, Samantha A., Dornburg, Alex, Faircloth, Brant C., Wainwright, Peter C., and Near, Thomas J. (2022) Prolonged morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes following the end-Cretaceous. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6. pp. 1211-1220.

Ramírez-Portilla, Catalina, Baird, Andrew H., Cowman, Peter F., Quattrini, Andrea M., Harii, Saki, Sinniger, Frederic, and Flot, Jean François (2022) Solving the Coral Species Delimitation Conundrum. Systematic Biology, 71 (2). pp. 461-475.

Grinblat, Mila, Cooke, Ira, Shlesinger, Tom, Ben-Zvi, Or, Loya, Yossi, Miller, David J., and Cowman, Peter F. (2021) Biogeography, reproductive biology and phylogenetic divergence within the Fungiidae (mushroom corals). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 164. 107265.

Hemingson, Christopher R., Siqueira, Alexandre C., Cowman, Peter F., and Bellwood, David R. (2021) Drivers of eyespot evolution in coral reef fishes. Evolution, 75 (4). pp. 903-914.

Mcfadden, Catherine S., Quattrini, Andrea M., Brugler, Mercer, Cowman, Peter F., Dueñas, Luisa F., Kitahara, Marcelo V., Paz-García, David A., Reimer, James D., and Rodríguez, Estefanía (2021) Phylogenomics, origin, and diversification of anthozoans (Phylum Cnidaria). Systematic Biology, 70 (4). pp. 635-647.

Siqueira, Alexandre C., Morais, Renato A., Bellwood, David R., and Cowman, Peter F. (2021) Planktivores as trophic drivers of global coral reef fish diversity patterns. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118 (9). e2019404118.

Bonito, Victor E., Baird, Andrew H., Bridge, Tom, Cowman, Peter F., and Fenner, Douglas (2021) Types, topotypes and vouchers are the key to progress in coral taxonomy: Comment on Wepfer et al. (2020). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 159. 107104.

Downie, Adam T., Leis, Jeffrey M., Cowman, Peter F., McCormick, Mark I., and Rummer, Jodie L. (2021) The influence of habitat association on swimming performance in marine teleost fish larvae. Fish and Fisheries, 22 (6). pp. 1187-1212.

Hemingson, Christopher R., Cowman, Peter F., and Bellwood, David R. (2020) Body size determines eyespot size and presence in coral reef fishes. Ecology and Evolution, 10 (15). pp. 8144-8152.

Horowitz, Jeremy, Brugler, Mercer R., Bridge, Tom C.L., and Cowman, Peter F. (2020) Morphological and molecular description of a new genus and species of black coral (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia: Antipathidae: Blastopathes) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa, 4821 (3). pp. 553-569.

Quattrini, Andrea M., Rodriguez, Estefania, Faircloth, Brant C., Cowman, Peter F., Brugler, Mercer A., Farfan, Gabriela A., Hellberg, Michael E., Kitahara, Marcelo V., Morrison, Cheryl L., Paz-Garcia, David A., Reimer, James D., and McFadden, Catherine S. (2020) Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4. pp. 1531-1538.

Siqueira, Alexandre C., Morais, Renato A., Bellwood, David R., and Cowman, Peter F. (2020) Trophic innovations fuel reef fish diversification. Nature Communications, 11. 2669.

Cowman, Peter F., Quattrini, Andrea M., Bridge, Tom C.L., Watkins-Colwell, Gregory J., Fadli, Nur, Grinblat, Mila, Roberts, T. Edward, McFadden, Catherine S., Miller, David J., and Baird, Andrew H. (2020) An enhanced target-enrichment bait set for Hexacorallia provides phylogenomic resolution of the staghorn corals (Acroporidae) and close relatives. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 153. 106944.

Baraf, Lauriane M., Pratchett, Morgan S., and Cowman, Peter F. (2019) Ancestral biogeography and ecology of marine angelfishes (F: Pomacanthidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 140. 106596.

Hemingson, Christopher R., Cowman, Peter F., Hodge, Jennifer R., and Bellwood, David R. (2019) Colour pattern divergence in reef fish species is rapid and driven by both range overlap and symmetry. Ecology Letters, 22 (1). pp. 190-199.

Siqueira, Alexandre C., Bellwood, David R., and Cowman, Peter F. (2019) Historical biogeography of herbivorous coral reef fishes: the formation of an Atlantic fauna. Journal of Biogeography, 46 (7). pp. 1611-1624.

Duong, B., Blomberg, S.P., Cribb, T.H., Cowman, P.F., Kuris, A.M., McCormick, M.I., Warner, R.R., Sun, D., and Grutter, A.S. (2019) Parasites of coral reef fish larvae: its role in the pelagic larval stage. Coral Reefs, 38 (2). pp. 199-214.

Feeney, William E., Brooker, Rohan M., Johnston, Lane N., Gilbert, James D.J., Besson, Marc, Lecchini, David, Dixson, Danielle L., Cowman, Peter F., and Manica, Andrea (2019) Predation drives recurrent convergence of an interspecies mutualism. Ecology Letters, 22 (2). pp. 256-264.

Jaspers, Cornelia, Fraune, Sebastian, Arnold, A. Elizabeth, Miller, David J., Bosch, Thomas C.G., Voolstra, Christian R., Adamska, Maja, Ainsworth, Tracy, Ball, Eldon, Boote, Chlöe, Bourne, David, Butterfield, Nicholas J., Chan, Cheong Xin, Cooke, Ira, Cowman, Peter F., Darling, Aaron, Davy, Simon K., Mohamed, Amin, Fabricius, Katharina, Valero Fortunato, Sofia V., Hernandez Agreda, Alejandra, Hoogenboom, Mia, Moya, Aurelie, Pita, Lucia, Ragan, Mark A., Robbins, Steven J., Andrade Rodriguez, Natalia R., Sakamaki, Kazuhiro, Schoepf, Verena, Seemann, Thorsten, Shinzato, Chuya, Stolarski, Jarosław, Strugnell, Jan, Takahashi, Shunichi, Tang, Sen-Lin, Webster, Nicole N, Whitelaw, Brooke, and Ying, Hua (2019) Resolving structure and function of metaorganisms through a holistic framework combining reductionist and integrative approaches. Zoology, 133. pp. 81-87.

Siqueira, Alexandre C., Bellwood, David R., and Cowman, Peter F. (2019) The evolution of traits and functions in herbivorous coral reef fishes through space and time. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences, 286 (1897). 20182672.

Crandall, Eric D., Riginos, Cynthia, Bird, Chris E., Liggins, Libby, Treml, Eric, Beger, Maria, Barber, Paul H., Connolly, Sean R., Cowman, Peter F., Dibattista, Joseph D., Eble, Jeff A., Magnuson, Sharon F., Horne, John B., Kochzius, M, Lessios, Harilaos A., Liu, Shang Yin Vanson, Ludt, William B., Madduppa, Hawis, Pandolfi, John M., Toonen, Robert J., Diversity of the Indo‐Pacific Network, and Gaither, Michelle R. (2019) The molecular biogeography of the Indo-Pacific: testing hypotheses with multispecies genetic patterns. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28 (7). pp. 943-960.

Bellwood, David R., Schultz, Ortwin, Siqueira Correa, Alexandre C., and Cowman, Peter F. (2019) A review of the fossil record of the Labridae. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A, 121. pp. 125-193.

Nowicki, Jessica P., O'Connell, Lauren A., Cowman, Peter F., Walker, Stefan P.W., Coker, Darren J., and Pratchett, Morgan S. (2018) Variation in social systems within Chaetodon butterflyfishes, with special reference to pair bonding. PLoS ONE, 13 (4). e0194465.

Pratchett, M.S., Thompson, C.A., Hoey, A.S., Cowman, P.F., and Wilson, S.K. (2018) Effects of coral bleaching and coral loss on the structure and function of reef fish assemblages. In: van Oppen, Madeleine J.H., and Lough, Janice M., (eds.) Coral Bleaching: patterns, processes, causes and consequences. Ecological Studies, 233 . Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 265-293.

Dibattista, Joseph D., Alfaro, Michael E., Sorenson, Laurie, Choat, John H., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Sinclair-Taylor, Tane H., Rocha, Luiz A., Chang, Jonathan, Luiz, Osmar J., Cowman, Peter F., Friedman, Matt, and Berumen, Michael L. (2018) Ice ages and butterflyfishes: phylogenomics elucidates the ecological and evolutionary history of reef fishes in an endemism hotspot. Ecology and Evolution, 8 (22). pp. 10989-11008.

Floeter, Sergio R., Bender, Mariana G., Siqueira Correa, Alexandre C., and Cowman, Peter F. (2018) Phylogenetic perspectives on reef fish functional traits. Biological Reviews, 93 (1). pp. 131-151.

Rabosky, Daniel L., Chang, Jonathan, Title, Pascal O., Cowman, Peter F., Sallan, Lauren, Friedman, Matt, Kaschner, Kristin, Garilao, Cristina, Near, Thomas J., Coll, Marta, and Alfaro, Michael E. (2018) An inverse latitudinal gradient in speciation rate for marine fishes. Nature, 559 (7714). pp. 392-395.

Cowman, Peter F., Parravicini, Valeriano, Kulbicki, Michel, and Floeter, Sergio R. (2017) The biogeography of tropical reef fishes: endemism and provinciality through time. Biological Reviews, 92 (4). pp. 2112-2130.

Siqueira Correa, Alexandre C., Oliveira-Santos, Luiz Gustavo R., Cowman, Peter F., and Floeter, Sergio (2016) Evolutionary processes underlying latitudinal differences in reef fish biodiversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25 (12). pp. 1466-1476.

Mouillot, D., Parravicini, V., Bellwood, D.R., Leprieur, F., Huang, D., Cowman, P.F., Albouy, C., Hughes, T.P., Thuiller, W., and Guilhaumon, F. (2016) Global marine protected areas do not secure the evolutionary history of tropical corals and fishes. Nature Communications, 7. 10359. pp. 1-8.

Leprieur, Fabien, Colosio, Simona, Descombes, Patrice, Parravicini, Valeriano, Kulbicki, Michel, Cowman, Peter F., Bellwood, David R., Mouillot, David, and Pellissier, Loïc (2016) Historical and contemporary determinants of global phylogenetic structure in tropical reef fish faunas. Ecography, 39 (9). pp. 825-835.

Leprieur, Fabien, Descombes, Patrice, Gaboriau, Théo, Cowman, Peter F., Parravicini, Valeriano, Kulbicki, Michel, Melián, Carlos J., de Santana, Charles N., Heine, Christian, Mouillot, David, Bellwood, David R., and Pellissier, Loïc (2016) Plate tectonics drive tropical reef biodiversity dynamics. Nature Communications, 7. 11461. pp. 1-8.

Bromham, Lindell, Hua, Xia, Lanfear, Robert, and Cowman, Peter F. (2015) Exploring the relationships between mutation rates, life history, genome size, environment, and species richness in flowering plants. American Naturalist, 185 (4). pp. 507-524.

Hua, Xia, Cowman, Peter, Warren, Dan, and Bromham, Lindell (2015) Longevity is linked to mitochondrial mutation rates in rockfish: a test using poisson regression. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32 (10). pp. 2633-2645.

Bellwood, David R., Goatley, Christopher H.R., Cowman, Peter F., and Bellwood, Orpha (2015) The evolution of fishes on coral reefs: fossils, phylogenies and functions. In: Mora, Camilo, (ed.) Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 55-63.

D'agata, Stéphanie, Mouillot, David, Kulbicki, Michel, Andréföuet, Serge, Bellwood, David R., Cinner, Joshua E., Cowman, Peter F., Kronen, Mecki, Pinca, Silvia, and Vigliola, Laurent (2014) Human-mediated loss of phylogenetic and functional diversity in coral reef fishes. Current Biology, 24 (5). pp. 555-560.

Cowman, Peter F. (2014) Historical factors that have shaped the evolution of tropical reef fishes: a review of phylogenies, biogeography, and remaining questions. Frontiers in Genetics, 5. 394. pp. 1-15.

Pellissier, Loïc, Leprieur, Fabien, Parravicini, Valeriano, Cowman, Peter F., Kulbicki, Michel, Litsios, Glenn, Olsen, Steffen M., Wisz, Mary S., Bellwood, David R., and Mouillot, David (2014) Quaternary coral reef refugia preserved fish diversity. Science, 344 (6187). pp. 1016-1019.

Cowman, Peter F., and Bellwood, David R. (2013) Vicariance across major marine biogeographic barriers: temporal concordance and the relative intensity of hard versus soft barriers. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 280 (1768). 20131541. pp. 1-8.

Cowman, Peter F., and Bellwood, David R. (2013) The historical biogeography of coral reef fishes: global patterns of origination and dispersal. Journal of Biogeography, 40 (2). pp. 209-224.

Bromham, Lindell, Cowman, Peter F., and Lanfear, Robert (2013) Parasitic plants have increased rates of molecular evolution across all three genomes. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 13 (126). pp. 1-11.

Mitchell, Matthew D., Cowman, Peter F., and McCormick, Mark I. (2012) Chemical alarm cues are conserved within the coral reef fish family Pomacentridae. PLoS ONE, 7 (10). pp. 1-7.

Leprieur, Fabien, Albouy, Camille, De Bortoli, Julien, Cowman, Peter F., Bellwood, David R., and Mouillot, David (2012) Quantifying phylogenetic beta diversity: distinguishing between 'true' turnover of lineages and phylogenetic diversity gradients. PLoS One, 7 (8). pp. 1-12.

Cowman, P.F., and Bellwood, D.R. (2011) Coral reefs as drivers of cladogenesis: expanding coral reefs, cryptic extinction events, and the development of biodiversity hotspots. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24 (12). pp. 2543-2562.

Cowman, Peter Francis (2011) Dating the evolutionary origins of coral reef fishes. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

Bellwood, D.R., Klanten, S., Cowman, P.F., Pratchett, M.S., Konow, N., and Van Herwerden, L. (2010) Evolutionary history of the butterflyfishes (f: Chaetodontidae) and the rise of coral feeding fishes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23 (2). pp. 335-349.

Cowman, Peter F., Bellwood, David R., and van Herwerden, Lynne (2009) Dating the evolutionary origins of wrasse lineages (Labridae) and the rise of trophic novelty on coral reefs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52 (3). pp. 621-631.