The evolution of fishes and corals on reefs: form, function and interdependence

The functional role of tabular structures for large reef fishes: avoiding predators or solar irradiance?

(2015) J. T. Kerry et al.   CORAL REEFS

The Rise of Jaw Protrusion in Spiny-Rayed Fishes Closes the Gap on Elusive Prey

(2015) David R. Bellwood et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

On the relationship between species age and geographical range in reef fishes: are widespread species older than they seem?

(2015) Jennifer Hodge et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Biogeography of goby lineages (Gobiiformes: Gobioidei): origin, invasions and extinction throughout the Cenozoic

(2015) Christine E. Thacker   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

OLIGO-MIOCENE VARIABILITY IN CARBONATE PRODUCERS AND PLATFORMS OF THE CORAL TRIANGLE BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT: HABITAT MOSAICS AND MARINE BIODIVERSITY

(2015) M. E. J. WILSON   PALAIOS

A DIVERSE PATCH REEF FROM TURBID HABITATS IN THE MIDDLE MIOCENE (EAST KALIMANTAN, INDONESIA)

(2015) N. SANTODOMINGO et al.   PALAIOS

BIOTIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ORIGINS OF THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN MARINE BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT: THE THROUGHFLOW PROJECT

(2015) K. G. JOHNSON et al.   PALAIOS

Exploring the nature of ecological specialization in a coral reef fish community: morphology, diet and foraging microhabitat use

(2015) Simon J. Brandl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Double Jeopardy and Global Extinction Risk in Corals and Reef Fishes

(2014) Terry P. Hughes et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Human-Mediated Loss of Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity in Coral Reef Fishes

(2014) Stéphanie D’agata et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Temporal evolution of coral reef fishes: global patterns and disparity in isolated locations

(2014) Jennifer R. Hodge et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Evolution of pygmy angelfishes: Recent divergences, introgression, and the usefulness of color in taxonomy

(2014) Michelle R. Gaither et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

EOCENE-MIOCENE SHALLOW-WATER CARBONATE PLATFORMS AND INCREASED HABITAT DIVERSITY IN SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

(2014) M. MIHALJEVI  et al.   PALAIOS

Diet and Diversification in the Evolution of Coral Reef Fishes

(2014) Fabio L. Lobato et al.   PLoS One

Functional over-redundancy and high functional vulnerability in global fish faunas on tropical reefs

(2014) D. Mouillot et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fifty million years of herbivory on coral reefs: fossils, fish and functional innovations

(2014) D. R. Bellwood et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Two waves of colonization straddling the K-Pg boundary formed the modern reef fish fauna

(2014) S. A. Price et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Quaternary coral reef refugia preserved fish diversity

(2014) L. Pellissier et al.   SCIENCE

Assemblage Time Series Reveal Biodiversity Change but Not Systematic Loss

(2014) M. Dornelas et al.   SCIENCE

Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters

(2014) KOHJI MABUCHI et al.   ZOOTAXA

Evolution of long-toothed fishes and the changing nature of fish–benthos interactions on coral reefs

(2014) David R. Bellwood et al.   Nature Communications

Morphology, sociality, and ecology: can morphology predict pairing behavior in coral reef fishes?

(2013) S. J. Brandl et al.   CORAL REEFS

Key herbivores reveal limited functional redundancy on inshore coral reefs

(2013) C. L. Johansson et al.   CORAL REEFS

Micro-topography mediates interactions between corals, algae, and herbivorous fishes on coral reefs

(2013) S. J. Brandl et al.   CORAL REEFS

Diet and cross-shelf distribution of rabbitfishes (f. Siganidae) on the northern Great Barrier Reef: implications for ecosystem function

(2013) A. S. Hoey et al.   CORAL REEFS

Global patterns and predictors of tropical reef fish species richness

(2013) V. Parravicini et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Molecular phylogenetics of geographically restricted Acropora species: Implications for threatened species conservation

(2013) Z.T. Richards et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A multi-locus timetree of surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae, Percomorpha), with revised family taxonomy

(2013) Laurie Sorenson et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A new multi-locus timescale reveals the evolutionary basis of diversity patterns in triggerfishes and filefishes (Balistidae, Monacanthidae; Tetraodontiformes)

(2013) Francesco Santini et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Localised intraspecific variation in the swimming phenotype of a coral reef fish across different wave exposures

(2013) Sandra A. Binning et al.   OECOLOGIA

Energetic Extremes in Aquatic Locomotion by Coral Reef Fishes

(2013) Christopher J. Fulton et al.   PLoS One

Ecological Consequences of Sediment on High-Energy Coral Reefs

(2013) Christopher H. R. Goatley et al.   PLoS One

Phylogeny and tempo of diversification in the superradiation of spiny-rayed fishes

(2013) T. J. Near et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Faunal breaks and species composition of Indo-Pacific corals: the role of plate tectonics, environment and habitat distribution

(2013) S. A. Keith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Vicariance across major marine biogeographic barriers: temporal concordance and the relative intensity of hard versus soft barriers

(2013) P. F. Cowman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The origins of tropical marine biodiversity

(2013) Brian W. Bowen et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Rates of speciation and morphological evolution are correlated across the largest vertebrate radiation

(2013) Daniel L. Rabosky et al.   Nature Communications

Anthropogenic extinction threats and future loss of evolutionary history in reef corals

(2013) Danwei Huang et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Rare Species Support Vulnerable Functions in High-Diversity Ecosystems

(2013) David Mouillot et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Iterative Ecological Radiation and Convergence during the Evolutionary History of Damselfishes (Pomacentridae)

(2012) Bruno Frédérich et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Patterns and processes in the evolutionary history of parrotfishes (Family Labridae)

(2012) John. H. Choat et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Assessing hidden species diversity in the coral Pocillopora damicornis from Eastern Australia

(2012) S. Schmidt-Roach et al.   CORAL REEFS

Spatial variation in the functional characteristics of herbivorous fish communities and the resilience of coral reefs

(2012) Alistair J. Cheal et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

The historical biogeography of coral reef fishes: global patterns of origination and dispersal

(2012) Peter F. Cowman et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Coral recovery may not herald the return of fishes on damaged coral reefs

(2012) David R. Bellwood et al.   OECOLOGIA

Cleaning up the 'Bigmessidae': Molecular phylogeny of scleractinian corals from Faviidae, Merulinidae, Pectiniidae and Trachyphylliidae

(2011) Danwei Huang et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The effect of coral morphology on shelter selection by coral reef fishes

(2011) J. T. Kerry et al.   CORAL REEFS

Coral reefs promote the evolution of morphological diversity and ecological novelty in labrid fishes

(2011) S. A. Price et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Coral reefs as drivers of cladogenesis: expanding coral reefs, cryptic extinction events, and the development of biodiversity hotspots

(2011) P. F. COWMAN et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The role of peripheral endemism in species diversification: Evidence from the coral reef fish genus Anampses (Family: Labridae)

(2011) Jennifer R. Hodge et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The Eocene–Oligocene transition: Changes in sea level, temperature or both?

(2011) Alexander J.P. Houben et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

The evolution of mid Paleocene-early Eocene coral communities: How to survive during rapid global warming

(2011) Jessica Zamagni et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

The new family Caucasichthyidae (Pisces, Perciformes) from the Eocene of the North Caucasus

(2011) A. F. Bannikov et al.   PALEONTOLOGICAL JOURNAL

The Roles of Dimensionality, Canopies and Complexity in Ecosystem Monitoring

(2011) Christopher H. R. Goatley et al.   PLoS One

Ecological traits influencing range expansion across large oceanic dispersal barriers: insights from tropical Atlantic reef fishes

(2011) O. J. Luiz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Human activity selectively impacts the ecosystem roles of parrotfishes on coral reefs

(2011) D. R. Bellwood et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Heads or tails: staged diversification in vertebrate evolutionary radiations

(2011) L. C. Sallan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Phylogeny of Gobiidae and identification of gobiid lineages

(2011) CHRISTINE E. THACKER et al.   SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY

Two-phase extinction of “Southern Hemispheric” birds in the Cenozoic of Europe and the origin of the Neotropic avifauna

(2011) Gerald Mayr   Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Rethinking the Phylogeny of Scleractinian Corals: A Review of Morphological and Molecular Data

(2010) A. F. Budd et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Sediment-mediated suppression of herbivory on coral reefs: Decreasing resilience to rising sea-levels and climate change?

(2010) David R. Bellwood et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Biologically mediated sediment fluxes on coral reefs: sediment removal and off-reef transportation by the surgeonfish Ctenochaetus striatus

(2010) CHR Goatley et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Fishes on coral reefs: changing roles over the past 240 million years

(2010) Christopher H. R. Goatley et al.   PALEOBIOLOGY

Impact of Herbivore Identity on Algal Succession and Coral Growth on a Caribbean Reef

(2010) Deron E. Burkepile et al.   PLoS One

Explosive morphological diversification of spiny-finned teleost fishes in the aftermath of the end-Cretaceous extinction

(2010) M. Friedman   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evolutionary Novelty Is Concentrated at the Edge of Coral Species Distributions

(2010) A. F. Budd et al.   SCIENCE

Reefs as Cradles of Evolution and Sources of Biodiversity in the Phanerozoic

(2010) W. Kiessling et al.   SCIENCE

Geologic and Biologic Controls on the Evolution of Reefs

(2009) Wolfgang Kiessling   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Marine hybrid hotspot at Indo-Pacific biogeographic border

(2009) J.-P. A Hobbs et al.   Biology Letters

Does evolutionary innovation in pharyngeal jaws lead to rapid lineage diversification in labrid fishes?

(2009) Michael E Alfaro et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A new Early Miocene genus of the family Sciaenidae (Teleostei, Perciformes) from the eastern Paratethys

(2009) Alexandre Fedorovich Bannikov et al.   COMPTES RENDUS PALEVOL

The impact of benthic algae on the settlement of a reef-building coral

(2009) G. Diaz-Pulido et al.   CORAL REEFS

Testing species abundance models: a new bootstrap approach applied to Indo-Pacific coral reefs

(2009) Sean R. Connolly et al.   ECOLOGY

Local ecological impacts of regional biodiversity on reef fish assemblages

(2009) Alonso González-Cabello et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Evolutionary history of the butterflyfishes (f: Chaetodontidae) and the rise of coral feeding fishes

(2009) D. R. BELLWOOD et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Dating the evolutionary origins of wrasse lineages (Labridae) and the rise of trophic novelty on coral reefs

(2009) Peter F. Cowman et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Ecomorphological selectivity among marine teleost fishes during the end-Cretaceous extinction

(2009) M. Friedman   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Great American Schism: Divergence of Marine Organisms After the Rise of the Central American Isthmus

(2008) H.A. Lessios   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

On the spot: the absence of predators reveals eyespot plasticity in a marine fish

(2008) Monica Gagliano   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

DID TECTONIC ACTIVITY STIMULATE OLIGOMIOCENE SPECIATION IN THE INDO-WEST PACIFIC

(2008) Suzanne T. Williams et al.   EVOLUTION

Speciation in coral-reef fishes

(2008) L. A. Rocha et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Cross-shelf benthic community structure on the Great Barrier Reef: relationships between macroalgal cover and herbivore biomass

(2008) S Wismer et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Exploring the radiation of a diverse reef fish family: Phylogenetics of the damselfishes (Pomacentridae), with new classifications based on molecular analyses of all genera

(2008) W. James Cooper et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Speciation through sensory drive in cichlid fish

(2008) Ole Seehausen et al.   NATURE

Phanerozoic trends in skeletal mineralogy driven by mass extinctions

(2008) Wolfgang Kiessling et al.   Nature Geoscience

Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genes Suggest that Stony Corals Are Monophyletic but Most Families of Stony Corals Are Not (Order Scleractinia, Class Anthozoa, Phylum Cnidaria)

(2008) Hironobu Fukami et al.   PLoS One

Herbivore species richness and feeding complementarity affect community structure and function on a coral reef

(2008) D. E. Burkepile et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hopping Hotspots: Global Shifts in Marine Biodiversity

(2008) W. Renema et al.   SCIENCE