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Biodiversity hotspots: evolutionary origins of biodiversity in wrasses (Halichoeres: Labridae) in the Indo-Pacific and new world tropicsPaul H Barber
Department of Biology, Boston University Marine Program, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Mol Phylogenet Evol 35:235-53. 2005..Results suggest plueralistic origins of biodiversity, but that vast amounts of habitat may favor the survival of biodiversity in the IAA biodiversity hotspot...- Community structure of corals and reef fishes at multiple scalesSean R Connolly
Centre for Coral Reef Biodiversity, Department of Marine Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia
Science 309:1363-5. 2005..Our findings underscore the importance of robust conservation strategies that are appropriately scaled to the broad suite of environmental processes that help sustain biodiversity... 
Dating the evolutionary origins of wrasse lineages (Labridae) and the rise of trophic novelty on coral reefsPeter F Cowman
School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia
Mol Phylogenet Evol 52:621-31. 2009..The current trophic diversity of the Labridae is a result of the accumulation of feeding modes dating back to the K/T boundary at 65 Ma, with all major feeding modes on present day reefs already in place 7.5 million years ago...- Suppression of herbivory by macroalgal density: a critical feedback on coral reefs?Andrew S Hoey
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia
Ecol Lett 14:267-73. 2011..This behaviour may provide a positive feedback leading to the growth and persistence of macroalgal stands; increasing the stability of phase shifts to macroalgae... - Coral recovery may not herald the return of fishes on damaged coral reefsDavid R Bellwood
School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
Oecologia 170:567-73. 2012.... 
Human activity selectively impacts the ecosystem roles of parrotfishes on coral reefsDavid R Bellwood
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
Proc Biol Sci 279:1621-9. 2012..The depletion of fishes causes differential decline of key ecosystem functions, radically changing the dynamics of coral reefs and setting the stage for future ecological surprises...- Evolutionary history of the butterflyfishes (f: Chaetodontidae) and the rise of coral feeding fishesD R Bellwood
School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
J Evol Biol 23:335-49. 2010..This historical association underpins the sensitivity of specific butterflyfish clades to global coral decline... - Sleeping functional group drives coral-reef recoveryDavid R Bellwood
Australian Research Council, Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
Curr Biol 16:2434-9. 2006..Nevertheless, reversal is possible. The critical issue is to identify and protect those groups that underpin the resilience and regeneration of complex ecosystems... - Functional versatility supports coral reef biodiversityD R Bellwood
Department of Marine Biology, Centre for Coral Reef Biodiversity, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia
Proc Biol Sci 273:101-7. 2006..Such trophic versatility may lay the foundation for both the origins and maintenance of high biodiversity on coral reefs... - Evolution and biogeography of marine angelfishes (Pisces: Pomacanthidae)David R Bellwood
Centre for Coral Reef Biodiversity, Department of Marine Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia
Mol Phylogenet Evol 33:140-55. 2004..Within the family, ecological diversity and species-level diversification are restricted primarily to a single pygmy angelfish clade with an origin near the Oligocene-Miocene boundary... - Confronting the coral reef crisisD R Bellwood
Centre for Coral Reef Biodiversity, Dept of Marine Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
Nature 429:827-33. 2004..These findings have profound implications for restoration of degraded reefs, management of fisheries, and the focus on marine protected areas and biodiversity hotspots as priorities for conservation... - Regional-scale assembly rules and biodiversity of coral reefsD R Bellwood
Centre for Coral Reef Biodiversity, Department of Marine Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia
Science 292:1532-5. 2001..Low-diversity regions are most vulnerable to human impacts such as global warming, underscoring the urgent need for integrated management at multinational scales... - Climate change, human impacts, and the resilience of coral reefsT P Hughes
Centre for Coral Reef Biodiversity, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia
Science 301:929-33. 2003..International integration of management strategies that support reef resilience need to be vigorously implemented, and complemented by strong policy decisions to reduce the rate of global warming... - Coral reefs as drivers of cladogenesis: expanding coral reefs, cryptic extinction events, and the development of biodiversity hotspotsP F Cowman
School of Marine and Tropical Biology, and Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
J Evol Biol 24:2543-62. 2011..The IAA appears to support both cladogenesis and survival in associated lineages, laying the foundation for the recent IAA marine biodiversity hotspot... - Wave energy and swimming performance shape coral reef fish assemblagesC J Fulton
Centre for Coral Reef Biodiversity, Department of Marine Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
Proc Biol Sci 272:827-32. 2005.... - Extremes, plasticity, and invariance in vertebrate life history traits: insights from coral reef fishesMartial Depczynski
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, School of Marine Biology, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Australia
Ecology 87:3119-27. 2006.... - Ancient origins of Indo-Pacific coral reef fish biodiversity: a case study of the leopard wrasses (Labridae: Macropharyngodon)Charmaine I Read
Centre for Coral Reef Biodiversity, Department of Marine Biology, The School of Marine Biology and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia
Mol Phylogenet Evol 38:808-19. 2006.... - Testing species abundance models: a new bootstrap approach applied to Indo-Pacific coral reefsSean R Connolly
School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
Ecology 90:3138-49. 2009..Such individual-based tests therefore may be able to identify lack of model fit where previous tests have been inconclusive... - Life history patterns shape energy allocation among fishes on coral reefsMartial Depczynski
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, School of Marine Biology, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Australia
Oecologia 153:111-20. 2007..It appears that life histories leave a strong imprint on ecosystem energy fluxes and illustrate the importance of incorporating taxon-specific features when assigning values to key ecosystem processes... - Phase shifts, herbivory, and the resilience of coral reefs to climate changeTerence P Hughes
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville QLD 4811, Australia
Curr Biol 17:360-5. 2007.... - Prey-capture in Pomacanthus semicirculatus (Teleostei, Pomacanthidae): functional implications of intramandibular joints in marine angelfishesNicolai Konow
Centre for Coral Reef Biodiversity, Department of Marine Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
J Exp Biol 208:1421-33. 2005..The structural and functional modifications in the Pomacanthus feeding apparatus are matched to an unusual diet of structurally resilient and firmly attached benthic prey... - No-take areas, herbivory and coral reef resilienceTerry P Hughes
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia
Trends Ecol Evol 22:1-3. 2007..No-take areas, where fishing is prohibited, are vital tools for managing food webs, ecosystem function and the resilience of reefs, in a seascape setting that extends far beyond the boundaries of the reefs themselves... - Hybridization in coral reef fishes: introgression and bi-directional gene exchange in Thalassoma (family Labridae)Siti M Yaakub
School of Marine Biology and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld. 4811, Australia
Mol Phylogenet Evol 40:84-100. 2006..quinquevittatum outnumbering T. jansenii by approximately 25:1. In this case study, hybridization appears to be driven by ecological rather than evolutionary factors... - The contribution of small individuals to density-body size relationshipsJohn L Ackerman
Department of Marine Biology, James Cook University, Queensland 4811, Australia
Oecologia 136:137-40. 2003..Our linear relationship may be a consequence of the larger differences in body size among taxa. Spanning over five orders of magnitude, the range of body sizes appears to be an important factor in shaping density-body size relationships... - Shortest recorded vertebrate lifespan found in a coral reef fishMartial Depczynski
Centre for Coral Reef Biodiversity, Department of Marine Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Curr Biol 15:R288-9. 2005 - Local phylogenetic divergence and global evolutionary convergence of skull function in reef fishes of the family LabridaeMark W Westneat
Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
Proc Biol Sci 272:993-1000. 2005..Divergence of close relatives, convergence among higher clades and several unusual 'breakthroughs' in skull function characterize the evolution of functional complexity in one of the most diverse groups of reef fishes... - The contribution of small individuals to density-body size relationships: examination of energetic equivalence in reef fishesJohn L Ackerman
Marine and Freshwater Systems, Department of Primary Industries, Queenscliff, Victoria, 3225, Australia
Oecologia 139:568-71. 2004..75. Unlike plants and intermediate to large reef fishes, the smallest fishes appear to have constraints that may reflect different patterns of resource acquisition... - Coral reef biodiversity and conservationAndrew H Baird
Science 296:1026-8; author reply 1026-8. 2002