Clements, Kendall D., German, Donovan P., Piche, Jacinthe, Tribollet, Aline, and Choat, John Howard (2024) Integrating ecological roles and trophic diversification on coral reefs: multiple lines of evidence identify parrotfishes as microphages. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. (In Press)

Cardozo-Ferreira, Gabriel C., Mendes, Thiago C., Cordeiro, César A.M.M., Giglio, Vinicius J., Magris, Rafael A., Choat, John H., Clements, Kendall D., Eggertsen, Linda, Ferreira, Carlos E.L., and Francini-Filho, Ronaldo B. (2023) Comment on the article “Effect of human impact on coral reef herbivorous fish niche” by Leitão et al. (2023). Marine Biology, 170 (11). 145.

Cardozo-Ferreira, G.C., Ferreira, C.E.I., Choat, J.H., Mendes, T.C., Macieira, R.M., Rezende, C.E., Joyeux, J.C., and Clements, K.D. (2023) Seasonal variation in diet and isotopic niche of nominally herbivorous fishes in subtropical rocky reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 722. pp. 125-143.

Kavazos, Christopher R.J., Ricci, Francesco, Leggat, William, Casey, Jordan, Choat, J. Howard, and Ainsworth, Tracy D. (2022) Intestinal Microbiome Richness of Coral Reef Damselfishes (Actinopterygii: Pomacentridae). Integrative Organismal Biology, 4 (1). obac026.

Lowe, J.R., Russ, G.R., Bucol, A.A., Abesamis, R.A., Stockwell, B.L., and Choat, J.H. (2022) Patterns of biogeographic and regional life-history trait variation in four large-bodied tropical wrasses. Marine Biology, 169 (9). 113.

Comeros-Raynal, Mia T., Brodie, Jon, Bainbridge, Zoe, Choat, John Howard, Curtis, Meagan, Lewis, Stephen, Stevens, Thomas, Shuler, Christopher K., Sudek, Mareike, and Hoey, Andrew S. (2021) Catchment to sea connection: impacts of terrestrial run-off on benthic ecosystems in American Samoa. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 169. 112530.

Lowe, Jake R., Russ, Garry R., Bucol, Abner A., Abesamis, Rene A., and Choat, John H. (2021) Geographic variability in the gonadal development and sexual ontogeny of Hemigymnus, Cheilinus and Oxycheilinus wrasses among Indo-Pacific coral reefs. Journal of Fish Biology, 99 (4). pp. 1348-1363.

Dibattista, Joseph D., Taylor, Brett M., Hobbs, Jean Paul A., Sinclair-Taylor, Tane H., Coker, Darren J., Trip, Elizabeth D.L., Choat, J. Howard, Lozano-Cortés, Diego, Kandler, Nora M., and Berumen, Michael L. (2021) Growth patterns of specialized reef fishes distributed across the Red Sea to Gulf of Aden. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 104 (8). pp. 967-976.

Hamilton, Richard J., Lozano-cortés, Diego, Bode, Michael, Almany, Glenn R., Harrison, Hugo B., Pita, John, Saenz-agudelo, Pablo, Gereniu, Collin, Waldie, Pete A., Peterson, Nate, Choat, John Howard, and Berumen, Michael L. (2021) Larval dispersal and fishing pressure influence recruitment in a coral reef fishery. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58 (12). pp. 2924-2935.

Carlon, David, Robertson, D. Ross, Barron, Robert L., Choat, John Howard, Anderson, David J., Schwartz, Sonja A., and Sánchez-Ortiz, Carlos A. (2021) The origin of the parrotfish species Scarus compressus in the Tropical Eastern Pacific: region-wide hybridization between ancient species pairs. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 21 (1). p. 7.

Hughes, A.T., Hamilton, R.J., Choat, J.H., and Rhodes, K.L. (2020) Declining grouper spawning aggregations in Western Province, Solomon Islands, signal the need for a modified management approach. PLoS ONE, 15 (3). e0230485.

Dibattista, Joseph D., Saenz-agudelo, Pablo, Piatek, Marek J., Cagua, Edgar Fernando, Bowen, Brian W., Choat, John Howard, Rocha, Luiz A., Gaither, Michelle R., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Sinclair-taylor, Tane H., McIlwain, Jennifer H., Priest, Mark A., Braun, Camrin D., Hussey, Nigel E., Kessel, Steven T., and Berumen, Michael L. (2020) Population genomic response to geographic gradients by widespread and endemic fishes of the Arabian Peninsula. Ecology and Evolution, 10 (10). pp. 4314-4330.

Taylor, Brett M., Benkwitt, Cassandra E., Choat, Howard, Clements, Kendall D., Graham, Nicholas A.J., and Meekan, Mark G. (2020) Synchronous biological feedbacks in parrotfishes associated with pantropical coral bleaching. Global Change Biology, 26 (3). pp. 1285-1294.

Taylor, Brett M., Choat, J. Howard, Demartini, Edward E., Hoey, Andrew S., Marshell, Alyssa, Priest, Mark A., Rhodes, Kevin L., and Meekan, Mark G. (2019) Demographic plasticity facilitates ecological and economic resilience in a commercially important reef fish. Journal of Animal Ecology, 88 (12). pp. 1888-1900.

Johnson, Garrett B., Taylor, Brett, Robbins, William D., Franklin, Erik C., Toonen, Rob, Bowen, Brian, and Choat, J. Howard (2019) Diversity and structure of parrotfish assemblages across the northern Great Barrier Reef. Diversity, 11 (1). 14.

Arroyo, Francine, Pawlowska, Teresa E., Choat, J. Howard, Clements, Kendall D., and Angert, Esther R. (2019) Recombination contributes to population diversification in the polyploid intestinal symbiont Epulopiscium sp. type B. ISME Journal, 13 (4). pp. 1084-1097.

Buchanan, Jack R., Ralph, Gina M., Krupp, Friedhelm, Harwell, Heather, Abdallah, Mohamed, Abdulqader, Ebrahim, Al-Husaini, Mohsen, Bishop, James M., Burt, John A., Choat, John H., Collette, Bruce B., Feary, David A., Hartmann, Stanley A., Iwatsuki, Yukio, Kaymaram, Farhad, Larson, Helen K., Matsuura, Keiichi, Motomura, Hiroyuki, Munroe, Thomas, Russell, Barry, Smith-Vaniz, William, Williams, Jeffrey, and Carpenter, Kent E. (2019) Regional extinction risks for marine bony fishes occurring in the Persian/Arabian Gulf. Biological Conservation, 230. pp. 10-19.

Choat, J.H., Russell, B.C., and Chin, A. (2019) The fish assemblages of the Great Barrier Reef: their diversity and origin. In: Hutchings, Pat, Kingsford, Michael, and Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, (eds.) The Great Barrier Reef: biology, environment and management. CSIRO, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, pp. 389-406.

Knudsen, Steen Wilhelm, Choat, J. Howard, and Clements, Kendall D. (2019) The herbivorous fish family Kyphosidae (Teleostei: Perciformes) represents a recent radiation from higher latitudes. Journal of Biogeography, 46 (9). pp. 2067-2080.

Taylor, Brett M., Brandl, Simon J., Kapur, Maia, Robbins, William D., Johnson, Garrett, Huveneers, Charlie, Renaud, Phil, and Choat, John Howard (2018) Bottom-up processes mediated by social systems drive demographic traits of coral-reef fishes. Ecology, 99 (3). pp. 642-651.

Schiel, David R., Ayling, Tony, Kingsford, Michael J., Battershill, Christopher N., Choat, J. Howard, Andrew, Neil L., Clements, Kendall D., Ayling, Avril L., Leum, Linda L., Poynter, Mark, and Jones, Geoffrey P. (2018) Change in the rocky reef fish fauna of the iconic Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve in north-eastern New Zealand over 4 decades. Marine and Freshwater Research, 69 (10). pp. 1496-1507.

Ma, Ka Yan, van Herwerden, Lynne, Newman, Stephen J., Berumen, Michael L., Choat, John Howard, Chu, Ka Hou, and de Mitcheson, Yvonne Sadovy (2018) Contrasting population genetic structure in three aggregating groupers (Percoidei: Epinephelidae) in the Indo-West Pacific: the importance of reproductive mode. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 18. 180.

Bennett, Scott, Halford, Andrew R., Choat, J. Howard, Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Santana-Garcon, Julia, Ayling, Anthony, Harvey, Euan S., and Newman, Stephen J. (2018) Geography and island geomorphology shape fish assemblage structure on isolated coral reef systems. Ecology and Evolution, 8 (12). pp. 6242-6252.

Pearse, Alan R., Hamilton, Richard J., Choat, John Howard, Pita, John, Almany, Glenn, Peterson, Nate, Hamilton, Grant S., and Peterson, Erin E. (2018) Giant coral reef fishes display markedly different susceptibility to night spearfishing. Ecology and Evolution, 8 (20). pp. 10247-10256.

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.

Fisher, Eric E., Choat, John H., McCormick, Mark I., and Cappo, Mike (2018) Relative influence of environmental factors on the timing and occurrence of multi-species coral reef fish aggregations. PLoS ONE, 13 (12). e0209234.

Taylor, Brett M., Hamilton, Richard J., Almany, Glenn R., and Choat, J. Howard (2018) The world's largest parrotfish has slow growth and a complex reproductive ecology. Coral Reefs, 37 (4). pp. 1197-1208.

Sinclair-Taylor, Tane H., Berumen, Michael L., Priest, Mark A., Choat, J. Howard, McIlwain, Jennifer H., Rocha, Luiz A., Bowen, Brian W., Piatek, Marek J., Saenz-Agudelo, Pablo, DiBattista, Joseph D., Gaither, Michelle R., and Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. (2017) Comparative phylogeography of reef fishes from the Gulf of Aden to the Arabian Sea reveals two cryptic lineages. Coral Reefs, 36 (2). pp. 625-638.

Hamilton, Richard J., Almany, Glenn R., Brown, Christopher J., Pita, John, Peterson, Nathan A., and Choat, J. Howard (2017) Logging degrades nursery habitat for an iconic coral reef fish. Biological Conservation, 210 (Part A). pp. 273-280.

Hamilton, Richard J., Almany, Glenn R., Stevens, Don, Bode, Michael, Pita, John, Peterson, Nate A., and Choat, J. Howard (2016) Hyperstability masks declines in bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) populations. Coral Reefs, 35 (3). pp. 751-763.

Dibattista, Joseph, Choat, J. Howard, Gaither, Michelle R., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Lozano-Cortes, Diego F., Myers, Robert F., Paulay, Gustav, Rocha, Luiz A., Toonen, Robert J., Westneat, Mark W., and Berumen, Michael L. (2016) On the origin of endemic species in the Red Sea. Journal of Biogeography, 43 (1). pp. 13-30.

Trip, Elizabeth D.L., Clements, Kendall D., Raubenheimer, David, and Choat, J. Howard (2016) Temperate marine herbivorous fishes will likely do worse, not better, as waters warm up. Marine Biology, 163. 24. pp. 1-8.

Ma, Ka Yan, Craig, Matthew Thomas, Choat, John Howard, and van Herwerden, Lynne (2016) The historical biogeography of groupers: clade diversification patterns and processes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 100. pp. 21-30.

DiBattista, Joseph D., Roberts, May B., Bouwmeester, Jessica, Bowen, Brian W., Coker, Darren J., Lozano-Cortés, Diego F., Choat, J. Howard, Gaither, Michelle R., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Khalil, Maha T., Kochzius, Marc, Myers, Robert F., Paulay, Gustav, Robitzch, Vanessa S.N., Saenz-Agudelo, Pablo, Salas, Eva, Sinclair-Taylor, Tane H., Toonen, Robert J., Westneat, Mark W., Williams, Suzanne T., and Berumen, Michael L. (2016) A review of contemporary patterns of endemism for shallow water reef fauna in the Red Sea. Journal of Biogeography, 43 (3). pp. 423-439.

Taylor, Brett M., Lindfield, Steven J., and Choat, J. Howard (2015) Hierarchical and scale-dependent effects of fishing pressure and environment on the structure and size distribution of parrotfish communities. Ecography, 38. pp. 520-530.

Casey, J.M., Choat, J.H., and Connolly, S.R. (2015) Coupled dynamics of territorial damselfishes and juvenile corals on the reef crest. Coral Reefs, 34. pp. 1-11.

Andrews, Allen H., Choat, John H., Hamilton, Richard J., and DeMartini, Edward E. (2015) Refined bomb radiocarbon dating of two iconic fishes of the Great Barrier Reef. Marine and Freshwater Research, 66 (4). pp. 305-316.

Taylor, Brett M., Houk, Peter, Russ, Garry R., and Choat, J. Howard (2014) Life histories predict vulnerability to overexploitation in parrotfishes. Coral Reefs, 33 (4). pp. 869-878.

Clements, Kendall D., Angert, Esther R., Montgomery, W. Linn, and Choat, Howard (2014) Intestinal microbiota in fishes: what's known and what's not. Molecular Ecology, 23 (8). pp. 1891-1898.

Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Newman, Stephen J., Mitsopoulos, Gabby E.A., Travers, Michael J., Skepper, Craig L., Gilligan, Justin J., Allen, Gerald R., Choat, Howard J., and Ayling, Anthony M. (2014) Checklist and new records of Christmas Island fishes: the influence of isolation, biogeography and habitat availability on species abundance and community composition. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 30. pp. 184-202.

Taylor, B.M., and Choat, J.H. (2014) Comparative demography of commercially important parrotfish species from Micronesia. Journal of Fish Biology, 84 (2). pp. 383-402.

Casey, Jordan M., Ainsworth, Tracy D., Choat, J. Howard, and Connolly, Sean R. (2014) Farming behaviour of reef fishes increases the prevalence of coral disease associated microbes and black band disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 281 (1788). 20141032. pp. 1-8.

Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Newman, Stephen J., Mitsopoulos, Gabby E.A., Travers, Michael J., Skepper, Craig L., Gilligan, Justin J., Allen, Gerald R., Choat, Howard J., and Ayling, Anthony M. (2014) Fishes of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands: new records, community composition and biogeographic significance. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology: an international journal of Southeast Asian Zoology, Supplement 30. pp. 203-219.

DiBattista, Joseph D., Berumen, Michael L., Gaither, Michelle R., Rocha, Luiz A., Eble, Jeff A., Choat, J. Howard, Craig, Matthew, Skillings, Derek J., and Bowen, Brian W. (2013) After continents divide: comparative phylogeography of reef fishes from the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. Journal of Biogeography, 40 (6). pp. 1170-1181.

Sadovy de Mitcheson, Yvonne, Craig, Matthew T., Bertoncini, Athila A., Carpenter, Kent E., Cheung, William W.L., Choat, John H., Cornish, Andrew S., Fennessy, Sean T., Ferreira, Beatrice, Heemstra, Philip C., Liu, Min, Myers, Robert F., Pollard, David A., Rhodes, Kevin L., Rocha, Luiz A., Russell, Barry C., Samoilys, Melita A., and Sanciangco, Jonnell (2013) Fishing groupers towards extinction: a global assessment of threats and extinction risks in a billion dollar fishery. Fish and Fisheries, 14 (2). pp. 119-136.

Berumen, M.L., Trip, E.D.L., Pratchett, M.S., and Choat, J.H. (2012) Differences in demographic traits of four butterflyfish species between two reefs of the Great Barrier Reef separated by 1,200 km. Coral Reefs, 31 (1). pp. 169-177.

Hamilton, R.J., and Choat, J.H. (2012) Bumphead Parrotfish: Bolbometopon muricatum. In: Sadovy de Mitcheson, Yvonne, and Colin, Patrick L., (eds.) Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations: biology, research and management. Fish and Fisheries Series, 35 . Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, pp. 490-496.

Choat, John H., Klanten, Oya. S., Van Herwerden, Lynne, Robertson, D. Ross, and Clements, Kendall D. (2012) Patterns and processes in the evolutionary history of parrotfishes (Family Labridae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 107 (3). pp. 529-557.

Choat, John Howard (2012) Spawning aggregations in reef fishes; ecological and evolutionary processes. In: Sadovy de Mitcheson, Yvonne, and Colin, Patrick L., (eds.) Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations: biology, research and management. Fish and Fisheries Series, 35 . Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, pp. 85-116.

Comeros-Rynal, Mia T., Choat, John Howard, Polidoro, Beth A., Clements, Kendall D., Abesamis, Rene, Craig, Matthew T., Lazuardi, Muhammad Erdi, McIlwain, Jennifer, Muljadi, Andreas, Myers, Robert F., Nañola, Cleto L., Pardede, Shinta, Rocha, Luiz A., Russell, Barry, Sanciangco, Jonnell C., Stockwell, Brian, Harwell, Heather, and Carpenter, Kent E. (2012) The likelihood of extinction of iconic and dominant herbivores and detritivores of coral reefs: the parrotfishes and surgeonfishes. PLoS ONE, 7 (7). e39825. pp. 1-13.

Bellwood, D.R., and Choat, J.H. (2011) Dangerous demographics: the lack of juvenile humphead parrotfishes Bolbometopon muricatum on the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs, 30 (2). pp. 549-554.

Miller, David A., Choat, John Howard, Clements, Kendall D., and Angert, Esther R. (2011) The spoIIE homolog of Epulopiscium sp. type B is expressed early in intracellular offspring development. Journal of Bacteriology, 193 (10). pp. 2642-2646.

Trip, E.D.L., Clements, K.D., Raubenheimer, D., and Choat, J.H. (2011) Reproductive biology of an odacine labrid, Odax pullus. Journal of Fish Biology, 78 (3). pp. 741-761.

Horne, John B., Van Herwerden, Lynne, and Choat, J. Howard (2011) Just because the shoe fits doesn't mean you should wear it: complex evolutionary patterns in the reef fish genus Naso. In: Abstracts from Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. p. 1. From: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, 3-7 January 2011, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Trip, E.D.L., Raubenheimer, D., Clements, K.D., and Choat, J.H. (2011) Reproductive demography of a temperate protogynous and herbivorous fish, Odax pullus (Labridae, Odacini). Marine and Freshwater Research, 62 (2). pp. 176-186.

McCook, Laurence, Ayling, Anthony, Cappo, Mike, Choat, J. Howard, Evans, Richard D., De Freitas, Debora M., Heupel, Michelle, Hughes, Terry P., Jones, Geoffrey P., Mapstone, Bruce, Marsh, Helene, Mills, Morena, Molloy, Fergus J., Pitcher, C. Roland, Pressey, Robert L., Russ, Garry R., Sutton, Stephen, Sweatman, Hugh, Tobin, Renae, Wachenfeld, David R., and Williamson, David H. (2010) Adaptive management of the Great Barrier Reef: A globally significant demonstration of the benefits of networks of marine reserves. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107 (43). 18278- 18285.

Winters, Kate L., van Herwerden, Lynne, Choat, J. Howard, and Robertson, D.R. (2010) Phylogeography of the Indo-Pacific parrotfish Scarus psittacus: isolation generates distinctive peripheral populations in two oceans. Marine Biology, 157 (8). pp. 1679-1691.

Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Ayling, Anthony, Choat, J. Howard, Gilligan, Justin J., McDonald, Christian A., Neilson, Joseph, and Newman, Stephen J. (2010) New records of marine fishes illustrate the biogeographic importance of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 2422. pp. 63-68.

van Herwerden, Lynne, Choat, J. Howard, Newman, Stephen J., Leray, Mattieu, and Hillersoy, Grethe (2009) Complex patterns of population structure and recruitment of Plectropomus leopardus (Pisces: Epinephelidae) in the Indo-West Pacific: implications for fisheries management. Marine Biology, 156 (8). pp. 1595-1607.

Ward, Rebekah J., Clements, Kendall D., Choat, John Howard, and Angert, Esther R. (2009) Cytology of terminally differentiated Epulopiscium mother cells. DNA and Cell Biology, 28 (2). pp. 57-64.

Clements, Kendall D., Raubenheimer, David, and Choat, J. Howard (2009) Nutritional ecology of marine herbivorous fishes: ten years on. Functional Ecology, 23 (1). pp. 79-92.

Williams, Ashley J., Davies, Campbell R., Mapstone, Bruce D., Currey, Leanne M., Welch, David J., Begg, Gavin, A., Ballagh, Aaron C., Choat, J. Howard, Murchie, Cameron D., and Simpfendorfer, Colin A. (2009) Age-based demography of humpback grouper Cromileptes altivelis: implications for fisheries management and conservation. Endangered Species Research, 9 (1). pp. 67-79.

Choat, J.H., Kritzer, J.P., and Ackerman, J.L. (2009) Ageing in coral reef fishes: do we need to validate the periodicity of increment formation for every species of fish for which we collect age-based demographic data? In: Green, Bridget S., Mapstone, Bruce D., Carlos, Gary, and Begg, Gavin A., (eds.) Tropical Fish Otoliths: Information for Assessment, Management and Ecology. Reviews: Methods and Technologies in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 11 . Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, pp. 23-54.

Trip, Elisabeth L., Choat, J. Howard, Wilson, David T., and Robertson, D. Ross (2008) Inter-oceanic analysis of demographic variation in a widely distributed Indo-Pacific coral reef fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 373. pp. 97-109.

Horne, John B., van Herwerden, Lynne, Choat, J. Howard, and Robertson, D.R. (2008) High population connectivity across the Indo-Pacific: congruent lack of phylogeographic structure in three reef fish congeners. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 49 (2). pp. 629-638.

Mendell, Jennifer E., Clements, Kendall D., Choat, J. Howard, and Angert, Esther R. (2008) Extreme polyploidy in a large bacterium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105 (18). pp. 6730-6734.

Hamilton, R.J., Adams, S., and Choat, J.H. (2008) Sexual development and reproductive demography of the green humphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) in the Solomon Islands. Coral Reefs, 27 (1). pp. 153-163.

Ceccarelli, D., Choat, J.H., Ayling, A., Richards, Z.T., Van Herwerden, L., Ewel, G.D., Hobbs, J-P., and Cuff, B. (2008) Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve Marine Survey 2007. Report. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Hobbs, J.P., Choat, J.H., Robbins, W.D., Van Herwerden, Lynne, Feary, D.A., and Ayling, Anthony (2008) Unique fish assemblages at world's southernmost oceanic coral reefs, Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, Tasman Sea, Australia. Coral Reefs, 27 (1). p. 15.

Choat, J.H., and Russell, B.C. (2008) The fish assemblages of the Great Barrier Reef: their diversity and origin. In: Hutchings, Pat , Kingsford, Mike, and Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, (eds.) The Great Barrier Reef: biology, environment and management. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, VIC, Australia, pp. 327-342.

Marie, A.D., van Herwerden, L., Choat, J.H., and Hobbs, J-P.A. (2007) Hybridization of reef fishes at the Indo-Pacific biogeographic barrier: a case study. Coral Reefs, 26 (4). pp. 841-850.

Pears, R.J., Choat, J.H., Mapstone, B.D., and Begg, G.A. (2007) Reproductive biology of a large, aggregation-spawning serranid, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forsskål): management implications. Journal of Fish Biology, 71 (3). pp. 795-817.

Klanten, Selma, Choat, J. Howard, and van Herwerden, Lynne (2007) Extreme genetic diversity and temporal rather than spatial partitioning in a widely distributed coral reef fish. Marine Biology, 150 (4). pp. 659-670.

Robbins, William D., Hisano, Mizue, Connolly, Sean R., and Choat, J. Howard (2006) Ongoing collapse of coral-reef shark populations. Current Biology, 16 (23). pp. 2314-2319.

van Herwerden, L., Choat, J.H., Dudgeon, C.L., Carlos, G., Newman, S.J., Frisch, A., and van Oppen, M. (2006) Contrasting patterns of genetic structure in two species of the coral trout Plectropomus (Serranidae) from east and west Australia: introgressive hybridisation or ancestral polymorphisms. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 41 (2). pp. 420-435.

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.

Pears, Rachel J., Choat, J. Howard, Mapstone, Bruce D., and Begg, Gavin A. (2006) Demography of a large grouper, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus, from Australia’s Great Barrier Reef: implications for fishery management. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 307. pp. 259-272.

Crossman, David J., Choat, J. Howard, and Clements, Kendall D. (2005) Nutritional ecology of nominally herbivorous fishes on coral reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 296. pp. 129-142.

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.

Klanten, Selma O., van Herwerden, Lynne, Choat, J.Howard, and Blair, David (2004) Patterns of lineage diversification in the Genus Naso (Acanthuridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 32 (1). pp. 221-235.

Bay, L.K., Choat, J.H., van Herwerden, L., and Robertson, D.R. (2004) High genetic diversities and complex genetic structure in an Indo-Pacific tropical reef fish (Chlorurus sordidus): evidence of an unstable evolutionary past? Marine Biology, 144 (4). pp. 757-767.

Munday, Philip L., Parker, Alyson L., Choat, J. Howard, and Gust, Nick (2004) Sex-specific growth effects in protogynous hermaphrodites. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 61 (3). pp. 323-327.

Klanten, Selma O., Van Herwerden, Lynne, and Choat, J. Howard (2003) Acquiring reef fish DNA sequences from formalin-fixed museum specimens. Bulletin of Marine Science, 73 (3). pp. 771-776.

Wilson, Shaun K., Bellwood, David R., Choat, J. Howard, and Furnas, Miles J. (2003) Detritus in the epilithic algal matrix and its use by coral reef fishes. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an annual review, 41. pp. 279-309.

Bellwood, David R., Hoey, Andrew S., and Choat, J. Howard (2003) Limited functional redundancy in high diversity systems: resilience and ecosystem function on coral reefs. Ecology Letters, 6 (4). pp. 281-285.

Clements, Kendall D., Gray, Russell D., and Choat, J.Howard (2003) Rapid evolutionary divergences in reef fishes of the family Acanthuridae (Perciformes: Teleostei). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 26 (2). pp. 190-201.

Grutter, Alexandra S., Murphy, Jan Maree, and Choat, J. Howard (2003) Cleaner fish drives local fish diversity on coral reefs. Current Biology, 13. pp. 64-67.

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.

Choat, J. Howard, and Robertson, D. Ross (2002) Age-based studies. In: Sale, Peter S., (ed.) Coral Reef Fishes: dynamic and diversity in a complex ecosystem. Elsevier, San Diego, CA, USA, pp. 57-80.

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

Van Herwerden, L., Davies, C.R., and Choat, J.H. (2002) Phylogenetic and evolutionary perspectives of the Indo-Pacific grouper Plectropomus species on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Journal of Fish Biology, 60 (6). pp. 1591-1596.

Choat, J.H., Clements, K.D., and Robbins, W.D. (2002) The trophic status of herbivorous fishes on coral reefs. Marine Biology, 140 (3). pp. 613-623.

Gust, Nick, Choat, J. Howard, and Mccormick, Mark I. (2001) Spatial variability in reef fish distribution, abundance, size and biomass : a multi-scale analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 214. pp. 237-251.

Crossman, David J., Choat, J. Howard, Clements, Kendall D., Hardy, Tom, and McConochie, Jason (2001) Detritus as food for grazing fishes on coral reefs. Limnology and Oceanography, 46 (7). pp. 1596-1605.

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